Anatomical contributions to odorant sampling and representation in rodents: Zoning in on sniffing behavior

Chemical Senses

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-144

  Schoenfeld, Thomas A ^a   Cleland, Thomas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Odotopic; Olfactory airspace; Olfactory bulb; Olfactory coding space; Rhinotopic; Zonation hypothesis

Indexed keywords

FLOW RATE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; SMELLING; SNIFFING; SOLUBILITY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ODORS; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; RODENTIA; SMELL;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 32544460321     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjj015     Document Type: Review

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