Rapid encoding and perception of novel odors in the rat

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 717-729

  Wesson, Daniel W ^a   Carey, Ryan M ^a,b   Verhagen, Justus V ^a,c   Wachowiak, Matt ^a,b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c JOHN B PIERCE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; CARVONE; DIMETHYL ETHER; HEPTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HEXANAL; HEXANOIC ACID; ISOPENTYL ACETATE; LIMONENE; PENTYL ACETATE;

AGED; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC CODE; INHALATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MENTAL FUNCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; RAT; RECEPTOR GENE; RESPONSE TIME; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SNIFFING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; VELOCITY; VISION; ANIMAL; LONG EVANS RAT; METABOLISM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; ODORS; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PERCEPTION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, ODORANT;

EID: 43249104513     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060082     Document Type: Article

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