Continuous spatial representations in the olfactory bulb may reflect perceptual categories

In sensory processing of odors, the olfactory bulb is an important relay station, where odor representations are noise-filtered, sharpened, and possibly re-organized. An organization by perceptual qualities has been found previously in the piriform cortex, however several recent studies indicate tha...

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Main Authors: Benjamin eAuffarth, Agustín eGutierrez-Galvez, Santiago eMarco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsys.2011.00082/full