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SUBMITTER: Khan AG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2258318 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Khan Adil G AG Thattai Mukund M Bhalla Upinder S US
Neuron 20080201 4
Many species of mammals are very good at categorizing odors. One model for how this is achieved involves the formation of "attractor" states in the olfactory processing pathway, which converge to stable representations for the odor. We analyzed the responses of rat olfactory bulb mitral/tufted (M/T) cells using stimuli "morphing" from one odor to another through intermediate mixtures. We then developed a phenomenological model for the representation of odors and mixtures by M/T cells and show th ...[more]