Olfactory perception as a compass for olfactory neural maps

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 537-545

  Arzi, Anat ^a   Sobel, Noam ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIAN BRAIN; OLFACTORY BULBS; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; PIRIFORM CORTEX; SENSORY MAPS;

MAMMALS;

TOPOGRAPHY;

BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NERVE CELL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY NERVE; PYRIFORM CORTEX; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELLING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; ODORS; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; SMELL;

EID: 82455188034     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2011.09.007     Document Type: Review

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