Testing the sorption hypothesis in olfaction: A limited role for sniff strength in shaping primary odor representations during behavior

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-92

  Cenier, Tristan ^a,b   McGann, John P ^a   Tsuno, Yusuke ^a   Verhagen, Justus V ^a   Wachowiak, Matt ^a,b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZALDEHYDE; HEPTANOL; PENTYL ACETATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INHALATION TEST; NONHUMAN; OLFACTOMETRY; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMELLING; SNIFFING; SPIKE WAVE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; SMELL;

EID: 84871797071     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4101-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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