Configurational and elemental odor mixture perception can arise from local inhibition

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-47

  Linster, Christiane ^a   Cleland, Thomas A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Lateral inhibition; Odor coding; Olfaction; Olfactory representation

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; COMPUTATION THEORY;

COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; LATERAL INHIBITION; ODOR CODING; ODOUR MIXTURES; OLFACTION; OLFACTORY BULBS; OLFACTORY REPRESENTATION; PERCEPTUAL SIMILARITY; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ODORS;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYTOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY ANALYSIS; TIME;

EID: 0842286455     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JCNS.0000004840.87570.2e     Document Type: Article

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