Expression of c-fos in the main olfactory bulb of neonatal rabbits in response to garlic as a novel and conditioned odour |
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Authors: | Allingham K Brennan P A Distel H Hudson R |
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Institution: | Institut für Medizinische Psychologie, University of Munich, München, Germany. karl@imp.med.uni-muenchen.de |
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Abstract: | Expression of c-Fos was examined in the olfactory bulbs of 3-day-old rabbits after they had been presented with the odour of garlic as a novel stimulus, as a learned odour, or during conditioning, and this expression compared with baseline levels in non-stimulated controls. Exposure to garlic odour resulted in substantial and widespread increases in c-Fos expression in the olfactory bulbs of all animals. However, although conditioned pups showed a specific behavioural response to the learned garlic odour, neither the amount nor pattern of c-Fos expression differed compared to pups exposed to garlic as a novel odour. The odour-induced expression of c-Fos was not well localised, although there was a significant increase in the number of granule cells expressing c-Fos in the ventrolateral region of the bulb. These results support previous reports that the response to odours in the olfactory bulb of new-born animals is not as spatially distinct as that in adults. Nevertheless, the immature olfactory system of these young animals is clearly capable of very specific odour learning. |
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