nervous system
• the ability of olfactory sensory neurons to fire second action potential following second exposure to stimulant during a short recovery period is impaired compared to in wild-type mice
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• in single olfactory sensory neurons, the current decline is longer than in wild-type mice
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• olfactory sensory neurons exhibit only a slow desensitization by calcium ions and calmodulin with kinetics around 100-fold slower than the fast desensitization observed in wild-type cells
• olfactory sensory neurons exhibit slower than normal odorant response termination
• recovery of local field potentials in olfactory bulb neurons is slower than in wild-type cells in a paired-pulse paradigm
• olfactory sensory neurons exhibit delayed time to peak and reduced adaptation during sustained stimulation compared to in wild-type cells
• however, olfactory sensory neurons exhibit normal initial response to odorant stimulation and oscillatory response pattern during prolonged odor stimulation
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taste/olfaction
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• mice exhibit normal sensitivity to odorant stimulation, normal adaptation to repeated odorant exposure
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