Chemotopic representations of aromatic odorants in the rat olfactory bulb

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 497, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 350-366

  Farahbod, Haleh ^a   Johnson, Brett A ^a   Minami, S Sakura ^a   Leon, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

2 deoxyglucose; Imaging techniques; Odors

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; ALKYL GROUP; ANISALDEHYDE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZALDEHYDE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DEOXYGLUCOSE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HYDROCARBON; METHYL TOLUATE; ODORANT; OXYGEN; TOLUALDEHYDE; TOLUENE; TRIMETHYLBENZENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLENE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMOTOPIC REPRESENTATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR LAYER; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; ISOMER; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY STIMULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL REPRESENTATION;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ALDEHYDES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; DEOXYGLUCOSE; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; MALE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; ODORS; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; RATS; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMELL;

EID: 33744997669     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20982     Document Type: Article

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