In vivo determination of mouse olfactory mucus cation concentrations in normal and inflammatory states.

OBJECTIVE: Olfaction is impaired in chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). The study has two aims: (1) to determine whether changes in cation concentration occur in the olfactory mucus of mice with CRS, which may affect chemo-electrical transduction, (2) and to examine whether these alterations are physiolog...

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Main Authors: Senthil Selvaraj, Kevin Liu, Alan M Robinson, Victoria A Epstein, David B Conley, Robert C Kern, Claus-Peter Richter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3401282?pdf=render