Ricardo C. Araneda

• BSCI440 Mammalian Physiology
  
• NACS641 Introduction to Neurosciences

Neuromodulation and Neural Mechanisms of Olfactory Information Processing
In most animals the sense of smell is essential for their survival. For instance, the detection and recognition of odor molecules by the olfactory system allows animals to find sources of food, to detect the presence of predators, and ultimately to find potential mates. Using a combination of imaging and electrophysiology recording techniques our lab studies how the neuronal circuits of the olfactory bulb participate in the processing of olfactory information.

• Smith RS, Weitz CJ, Araneda RC. (2009) Excitatory actions of noradrenaline and metabotropic glutamate receptor activation in granule cells of the accessory olfactory bulb. Journal of Neurophysiology 102(2):1103-1114.
• Chesler A, Le Pichon C, Brann J, Araneda RC, Zou DJ, Firestein S. (2008) Selective gene expression by postnatal electroporation during olfactory interneuron neurogenesis. PLoS ONE. 3(1): e1517.
• Araneda RC, Firestein S. (2006). Adrenergic enhancement of inhibitory transmission in the accessory olfactory bulb. J. Neurosci. 22;26(12): 3292-8.
• Araneda RC, Peterlin Z, Zhang X, Chesler A, Firestein S. (2004). A pharmacological profile of the aldehyde receptor repertoire in rat olfactory epithelium. J. Physiol. 555(Pt 3): 743-56.
• Araneda RC, Firestein S. (2004). The scents of androstenone in humans. J. Physiol. 554(Pt 1): 1