New York University

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Dmitry Rinberg

Loren Lee Looger

Eric R Schreiter

Benjamin F Fosque

Hirofumi Nakayama

A method of training a rodent to identify pairs of same or different odors, whereby the rodent learns the rule irrespective of the particular odors. Once trained, the rodent can be used to measure perceptual odor similarities between members of pairs of odors, which odors may be unrelated to the odors the rodent was trained on.

Odor comparator

This disclosure provides methods for identification of olfactory sensosry neurons (OSN) that recognize specific odorants. The method comprises introducing into the OSN, a permanent activity marker which exhibits a detectable and permanent change upon activation of the neuron in response to an odorant and exposure to an exteranal stimulus, such as light. The OSN can be isolated and its receptor characterized.

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New York, NY, United States of America

Dmitry Rinberg