Spatial and temporal distribution of odorant-evoked activity in the piriform cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1534-1542

  Rennaker, Robert L ^a   Chen, Chien Fu F ^b   Ruyle, Andrea M ^a   Sloan, Andrew M ^a   Wilson, Donald A ^b  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross correlation; Memory; Microelectrode arrays; Neural ensembles; Odor perception; Olfaction; Olfactory cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOKED RESPONSE; INHALATION; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; SMELLING; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; MALE; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SMELL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847136884     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4072-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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