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titleboxRICARDO C. ARANEDA titlebox

professor pictureAssistant Professor

email:raraneda@umd.edu
phone:
301.405.5540 (office)
301.405.3539 (lab)
301.405.3721 (lab)
fax:301.314.9358
office:1114 Bioscience Research Building
graduate programs: Biology, NACS
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RESEARCH INTERESTS


Neuromodulation and Neural Mechanisms of Olfactory Information Processing


In most animals the sense of smell is essential for their survival. For instance, the detection and recognition of odor molecules by the olfactory system allows animals to find sources of food, to detect the presence of predators, and ultimately to find potential mates. Using a combination of imaging and electrophysiology recording techniques our lab studies how the neuronal circuits of the olfactory bulb participate in the processing of olfactory information.

Recent Publications


Smith RS, Weitz CJ, Araneda RC. (2009) Excitatory actions of noradrenaline and metabotropic glutamate receptor activation in granule cells of the accessory olfactory bulb. Journal of Neurophysiology (May 27, Epub)

Chesler A, Le Pichon C, Brann J, Araneda RC, Zou DJ, Firestein S. (2008) Selective gene expression by postnatal electroporation during olfactory interneuron neurogenesis. PLoS ONE. 3(1): e1517

Araneda RC, Firestein S. (2006). Adrenergic enhancement of inhibitory transmission in the accessory olfactory bulb. J. Neurosci. 22;26(12): 3292-8.

Araneda RC, Peterlin Z, Zhang X, Chesler A, Firestein S. (2004). A pharmacological profile of the aldehyde receptor repertoire in rat olfactory epithelium. J. Physiol. 555(Pt 3): 743-56.

Araneda RC, Firestein S. (2004). The scents of androstenone in humans. J. Physiol. 554(Pt 1): 1

Araneda RC, Firestein SJ. (2002). Action potentials that go the distance. Neuron 34(1): 5-6.

Araneda RC, Kini AD, Firestein S. (2000). The molecular receptive range of an odorant receptor. Nat. Neurosci. 3(12): 1248-55

Please visit http://www.chemlife.umd.edu/biology/aranedalab/ for a complete list of references.