Olfactory indicators

Olfactory indicators

An 'Olfactory indicator is a substance whose smell varies depending on whether it is mixed into an acidic or basic solution. Olfactory indicators can be used in the laboratory as a test of whether a solution is a base or an acid. Onion and vanilla extract are examples.

v · d · eNervous system: Sensory systems / senses (TA A15)
Special senses
Touch
Other
v · d · eSensory system: Olfactory system / Olfaction / Rhinencephalon (TA 15.1, GA 10.992)
Olfactory epithelium
Olfactory glands · Olfactory mucosa · Sustentacular cell
Olfactory nerve: 1° neuron
Olfactory nerve: 2° neuron
Lateral olfactory stria/
Primary olfactory cortex

Piriform cortex · EC-hippocampus system (Entorhinal cortex, Hippocampal formation) · Prepyriform area · Periamygdaloid cortex

Stria medullaris → Habenular nuclei

Amygdala → Stria terminalis → Hypothalamus

Medial forebrain bundle → Hypothalamus
Medial olfactory stria

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