Why do olfactory neurons have unspecific receptive fields?

BioSystems

Volumn 67, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 229-238

  Sánchez Montañés, Manuel A ^a   Pearce, Tim C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fisher information; Noise; Olfaction; Population coding; Stimulus representation

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR;

NEUROLOGY;

BIOLOGY; CELL ASSAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; NERVE CELL; OLFACTORY NERVE; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STATISTICS; ARTICLE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION;

MARTES PENNANTI;

OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0036813412     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-2647(02)00081-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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