Sensory systems: Smelling trouble

Nature Reviews Neuroscience 18, 69 (2017).
doi:10.1038/nrn.2016.180

Author: Sian Lewis
It is not known how mammals sense potentially life-threatening reductions in oxygen in the ambient air, but a novel mechanism has been found in mice that involves a novel subpopulation of olfactory sensory neurons that express the soluble guanylate cyclase GUCY1β2.

Source: Nature Reviews Neuroscience - December 21, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Sian Lewis Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research