A simple connectivity scheme for sparse coding in an olfactory system

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1659-1669

  Jortner, Ron A ^a,b   Farivar, S Sarah ^a   Laurent, Gilles ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Circuit; Connections; Insect; Locust; Neural coding; Olfaction; Sparseness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; KENYON CELL; LOCUST; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; INSECTS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS, AFFERENT; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; SMELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33847155117     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4171-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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