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ArticleScience advances2025

Mouse olfactory system acts as anemo-detector and anemo-discriminator.

Sarang Mahajan, Susobhan Das, Suhel Tamboli, Sanyukta Pandey, Anindya S Bhattacharjee, Meenakshi Pardasani, Priyadharshini Srikanth, Shruti D Marathe, Avi Adlakha, Lavanya Ranjan and 1 more

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11 authors.

Sarang MahajanLaboratory of Neural Circuits and Behaviour (LNCB), Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, Maharashtra, 411008, India.ORCID 0000-0003-0695-545X
Susobhan DasLaboratory of Neural Circuits and Behaviour (LNCB), Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, Maharashtra, 411008, India.ORCID 0009-0007-3255-4525
Suhel TamboliLaboratory of Neural Circuits and Behaviour (LNCB), Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, Maharashtra, 411008, India.ORCID 0000-0001-6645-6324
Sanyukta PandeyLaboratory of Neural Circuits and Behaviour (LNCB), Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, Maharashtra, 411008, India.ORCID 0009-0006-9372-5941
Anindya S BhattacharjeeLaboratory of Neural Circuits and Behaviour (LNCB), Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, Maharashtra, 411008, India.ORCID 0000-0003-1418-9492
Meenakshi PardasaniLaboratory of Neural Circuits and Behaviour (LNCB), Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, Maharashtra, 411008, India.
Priyadharshini SrikanthLaboratory of Neural Circuits and Behaviour (LNCB), Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, Maharashtra, 411008, India.
Shruti D MaratheLaboratory of Neural Circuits and Behaviour (LNCB), Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, Maharashtra, 411008, India.ORCID 0000-0001-7166-0346
Avi AdlakhaLaboratory of Neural Circuits and Behaviour (LNCB), Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, Maharashtra, 411008, India.ORCID 0009-0001-0283-7811
Lavanya RanjanLaboratory of Neural Circuits and Behaviour (LNCB), Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, Maharashtra, 411008, India.ORCID 0000-0002-1856-8548
Nixon M AbrahamLaboratory of Neural Circuits and Behaviour (LNCB), Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, Maharashtra, 411008, India.ORCID 0000-0001-8523-716X

Funding

DBT-Wellcome Trust India Alliance IA/S/22/2/506517
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Airflow detection while smelling is a fundamental requirement for olfaction, yet the mechanisms underlying such multimodal processing in the olfactory system remain unknown. We report here that mice can accurately discriminate airflow in the absence of whiskers. Modulated sniffing and refined calcium signaling in the olfactory bulb inhibitory network during olfactory anemo-discriminations confirmed the orthonasal airflow information processing. Genetic perturbation of AMPAR function and optogenetic control bidirectionally shifted the anemo-discrimination learning pace, with contrasting phenotypes observed for odor learning, engagement of inhibitory circuits, and setting the optimal inhibition level for stimulus refinement. Enhanced learning caused by multimodal odor-airflow stimuli at subthreshold levels confirmed the heightened olfactory perception by mechanical stimuli. Our results thus explain the multimodality of olfaction and reveal the unexplored dimensionality of odor perception.

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Olfactory BulbOlfactory PerceptionSmellAnimalsMiceOdorantsOptogenetics

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PMID41061063
PMCPMC12506969

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