Enhanced neural response to familiar olfactory cues.
Norway rat pups have an enhanced olfactory bulb response to a familiar odor. A specific complex of glomeruli showed increased carbon-14-labeled 2-deoxy-D-glucose uptake in response to peppermint odor in 19-day-old pups exposed to peppermint on days 1 to 18 after birth, relative to control pups that had been exposed to clean air. The increased activity was not due to increased respiration of the familiar odor.
D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D003837:Deoxy Sugars / Q000378:metabolism*; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D036142:Mentha piperita; D009812:Odorants; D009822:Oils, Volatile; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000378:metabolism*; D010936:Plant Extracts; D010938:Plant Oils; D051381:Rats; D012119:Respiration; D012903:Smell
D003837:Deoxy Sugars; D009822:Oils, Volatile; D010936:Plant Extracts; D010938:Plant Oils; D003847:Deoxyglucose; C015424:peppermint oil