Population Coding in an Innately Relevant Olfactory Area

Neuron

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1180-1197.e7

  Iurilli, Giuliano ^a   Datta, Sandeep Robert ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cortical amygdala; innate; innate behavior; olfaction; piriform cortex; population coding; sensory tuning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CODING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL AMYGDALA; LEARNING; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY CORTEX; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; POSTEROLATERAL CORTICAL AMYGDALA; PYRIFORM CORTEX; SMELLING; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; C57BL MOUSE; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CUES; LEARNING; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY CORTEX; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PIRIFORM CORTEX; SMELL;

EID: 85013678606     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.02.010     Document Type: Article

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