Olfactory tubercle

Olfactory tubercle
Latin	tuberculum olfactorium

The olfactory tubercle is a structure involved in Olfaction.

It is present in humans, but much smaller than it is in some other animals.

It is a frequent subject of research.^[1][2][3][4]

See also

• Mesolimbic pathway
• Islands of Calleja

References

1. ^ Ueda S, Sakakibara S, Kadowaki T, Naitoh T, Hirata K, Yoshimoto K (December 2008). "Chronic treatment with melatonin attenuates serotonergic degeneration in the striatum and olfactory tubercle of zitter mutant rats". Neurosci. Lett. 448 (2): 212–6. doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2008.10.059. PMID 18955113. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0304-3940(08)01461-4. 
2. ^ Carriero G, Uva L, Gnatkovsky V, de Curtis M (March 2009). "Distribution of the olfactory fiber input into the olfactory tubercle of the in vitro isolated guinea pig brain". J. Neurophysiol. 101 (3): 1613–9. doi:10.1152/jn.90792.2008. PMID 18922946. http://jn.physiology.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=18922946. 
3. ^ de Araujo NP, Fukushiro DF, Grassl C, et al. (January 2009). "Ethanol-induced behavioral sensitization is associated with dopamine receptor changes in the mouse olfactory tubercle". Physiol. Behav. 96 (1): 12–7. doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.07.029. PMID 18761028. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0031-9384(08)00256-4. 
4. ^ Shin R, Qin M, Liu ZH, Ikemoto S (June 2008). "Intracranial self-administration of MDMA into the ventral striatum of the rat: differential roles of the nucleus accumbens shell, core, and olfactory tubercle". Psychopharmacology (Berl.) 198 (2): 261–70. doi:10.1007/s00213-008-1131-x. PMC 2572734. PMID 18389222. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=2572734. 

External links

• http://brainmaps.org/ajax-viewer.php?datid=1&sname=1201&hname=olfactory%20tubercle&hlabel=OLT

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