嗅球是人体控制嗅觉的关键部位。近年来研究发现,嗅球还参与了生物节律的调控,其相对独立于视交叉上核表达节律调控基因。基于嗅球与脑内的神经联系以及其对生物节律调控的作用,深入研究一些神经系统疾病和睡眠等人体自身节律可能会成为基础和临床医学研究的新热点。本文将介绍嗅球的结构,并对其参与调控生物节律的功能进行分析总结。
Olfactory bulb is a key component of olfaction.Recent researches have found that olfactory bulb regulates the biological rhythms,and it expresses regulatory genes relatively independent of suprachiasmatic nucleus.Based on the research of the structure and regulation of biological rhythms of olfactory bulb,it has become a new focus in basic and clinical medicine to study some nervous system diseases and biological rhythms such as sleep.This article summarizes the structure and the effect on regulating biological rhythms of olfactory bulb.