Multitasking in the olfactory system: Context-dependent responses to odors reveal dual GABA-regulated coding mechanisms in single olfactory projection neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 5999-6008

  Christensen, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA receptors; Information coding; Insect; Intermittency; Manduca sexta; Moth; Olfaction; Oscillations

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE;

ARTICLE; CODING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SMELLING;

EID: 0032146097     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-15-05999.1998     Document Type: Article

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