Spatial representations of odorants in olfactory bulbs of rats and mice: Similarities and differences in chemotopic organization

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 514, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 658-673

  Johnson, Brett A ^a   Xu, Zhe ^a   Ali, Sameera S ^a   Leon, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

2 deoxyglucose; Imaging techniques; Mapping; Odors

Indexed keywords

2 HEPTANONE; 2 PROPANOL; 2,5 DIMETHYLPYRAZINE; ACETONE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BETA PINENE; BORNYL ACETATE; BUTYRIC ACID; CARVONE; DECANAL; ETHYLBENZENE; GUAIACOL; HEPTYL ALDEHYDE; HEXANAL; HEXANOIC ACID; IODOFORM; ISOAMYL PROPIONATE; ISOPENTYL ACETATE; METHYL BENZOATE; NONANAL; OCTANAL; PENTADECANE; PENTANOL; PROPIONIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; PROPYL ACETATE; SANTALOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIC ACID; VALERIC ACID METHYL ESTER; HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; HISTOLOGY; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; HYDROCARBONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ODORS; OLFACTORY BULB; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RATS; SMELL;

EID: 67449124277     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22046     Document Type: Article

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