Olfactory processing: Maps, time and codes

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 547-553

  Laurent, Gilles ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; TIME;

EID: 0031417207     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(97)80035-9     Document Type: Article

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