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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2001
Hiroaki Oka, Hirakata, JP;
Ryuta Ogawa, Moriguchi, JP;
Tetsuo Yukimasa, Hirakata, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for readily and reliably screening olfactory mucosa stimulating compounds are provided. An olfactory mucosa stimulating compound is sprayed through an atomizing nozzleto an olfactory mucosa of a rat fixed in a test animal fixing device. A measuring electrode portionis implanted in an olfactory bulb of the rat for measuring an electrical signal generated in the olfactory bulb. Efficacy of the olfactory mucosa stimulating compound is determined based on a correlation between an electrical signal measured by the measuring electrode portionwhen the olfactory mucosa stimulating compound is sprayed on the olfactory mucosa of the rat and a physiological response induced in the rat.