Sequential mechanisms underlying concentration invariance in biological olfaction

Frontiers in Neuroengineering

Volumn , Issue JANUARY, 2012, Pages

  Cleland, Thomas A ^a   Chen, Szu Yu T ^a   Hozer, Katarzyna W ^a   Ukatu, Hope N ^a   Wong, Kevin J ^a   Zheng, Fangfei ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Computational neuroscience; Concentration invariance; Generalization; Learning; Mice; Odor representations; Olfactory bulb

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION INVARIANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; ODOR REPRESENATION; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84863012572     PISSN: 16626443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneng.2011.00021     Document Type: Article

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