Olfactory information converges in the amygdaloid cortex via the piriform and entorhinal cortices: Observations in the guinea pig isolated whole-brain preparation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3648-3658

  Kajiwara, Riichi ^a   Tominaga, Takashi ^b,c   Takashima, Ichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Convergence; Guinea pig; Olfactory nervous system; Optical imaging; Voltage sensitive dye

Indexed keywords

DYE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GUINEA PIG; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY CORTEX; OLFACTORY NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; SMELLING; STAINING; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

AMYGDALA; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GUINEA PIGS; LYSINE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; TETRODOTOXIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34347382179     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05610.x     Document Type: Article

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