Highly interconnected neural networks perform olfactory signal processing in the central nervous system. In insects, the first synaptic processing of the olfactory input from the antennae occurs in the antennal lobe, the functional equivalent of the olfactory bulb in vertebrates. Key components of the olfactory network in the antennal lobe are two main types of neurons: the local interneurons and the projection (output) neurons. Both neuron types have different physiological tasks during olfactory processing, which accordingly require specialized functional phenotypes. This review gives an overview of important cell type-specific functional properties of the different types of projection neurons and local interneurons in the antennal lobe of the cockroach Periplaneta americana, which is an experimental system that has elucidated many important biophysical and cellular bases of intrinsic physiological properties of these neurons.

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蟑螂触角叶的气味处理——网络组件

高度互连的神经网络在中枢神经系统中执行嗅觉信号处理。在昆虫中，触角嗅觉输入的第一次突触处理发生在触角叶，其功能相当于脊椎动物的嗅球。触角叶嗅觉网络的关键组成部分是两种主要类型的神经元：局部中间神经元和投射（输出）神经元。两种神经元类型在嗅觉处理过程中具有不同的生理任务，因此需要专门的功能表型。这篇综述概述了美洲大蠊蟑螂触角叶中不同类型的投射神经元和局部中间神经元的重要细胞类型特异性功能特性，这是一个实验系统，阐明了内在生理学的许多重要的生物物理和细胞基础。这些神经元的特性。