Abstracts from the 45(th) Annual Meeting of Japanese Association for the Stusy of Taste and Smell (JASTS 2011), Kanazawa, Japan, October 5-7(th), 2011 (The president of the meeting was Dr. Takaki Miwa, Kanazawa Medical University)

Olfactory bulb removal has been used to examine a wide-ranging number of topics. The present review outlines the categories of studies employing the technique, discusses some problems with the methodology and with previous interpretations of observed results, and suggests some potential avenues of investigation.