Cranial Nerves I and II
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Cranial nerves I (olfactory nerve) and II (optic nerve) are supratentorial, paired cranial nerves. This chapter provides an overview of their anatomy. Cranial nerve I is a special visceral afferent nerve carrying sensory information about odors. Olfactory receptors lie in the nasal cavity. Odorants activate receptors within the cilia of olfactory sensory neurons and trigger the opening of a cyclic nucleotide–gated channel. This channel allows a calcium influx and the opening of calcium-activated chloride channels. Depolarization then occurs.
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