Table 1.

Peripheral wave phenomena and comparison with olfactory bulbar waves

Animal Stimulus Receptor (Hz)Olfactory bulb (Hz) Reference
RabbitAmyl acetate 30–6030–50 (Adrian, 1955)
Frog (Rana temporaria) Butanol Amyl acetate 15–25 (Ottoson, 1956)
FrogButanol208–12(Ottoson, 1959)
 (Rana temporaria) Amyl acetate Methyl alcohol
Toad (Bufo vulgaris japonicus) Butyl alcohol Amyl alcohol11.25–30 (initial) 3–22.5 (terminal) 7–18 (initial) 5–10 (terminal) (Takagi and Shibuya, 1960b,1961)
Frog (Rana nigromaculata)Same 9–24 (initial) 5–12 (terminal) 8–16 (initial) 4–10 (terminal)
Black vultureAmyl acetate18.21-a(Shibuya and Tucker, 1967)
 (Coragyps atratus atratus)Amino acid30–4010–20(Sutterlin and Sutterlin, 1971)
Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura septentrionalis)
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
White catfish (Ictalarus catus)Skin extract of  white catfish 17.41-a(Tucker and Suzuki, 1972)
Box turtle (Terrapene carolina) Amyl acetateUnreported (Tucker, 1975a,b)
Tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)Cineole Isoamyl acetate 151-a(Hamilton and Kauer, 1989)
Tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) Amyl acetate Ethyl fenchol d-carvone15.8 ± 2.4 (SD) 13.2 ± 2.8 14.2 ± 2.3 3–10 most prominent (Dorries and Kauer, 2000)
Box turtle (Terepene carolina T. ornata)Cineole 141-a14.1 (rostral) 13.0 (middle)  6.6 (caudal) (Lam et al., 2000)
Japanese toad (Bufo japonicus) Air puff Isoamyl acetate 10–25 (range) 17.7 ± 0.6 SE(Nakazawa et al., 2000)
Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) Amino acids (aa) Trisodium citrate aa + citrate EGTA 28.0 ± 5.6 (SEM) (initial) decreased by 7.0 ± 3.7 (terminal) (Parker et al., 2000; present report)
  • F1-a  Calculated from published figure.