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SUBMITTER: Kass MD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4011636 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kass Marley D MD Rosenthal Michelle C MC Pottackal Joseph J McGann John P JP
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20131201 6164
The central nervous system rapidly learns that particular stimuli predict imminent danger. This learning is thought to involve associations between neutral and harmful stimuli in cortical and limbic brain regions, though associative neuroplasticity in sensory structures is increasingly appreciated. We observed the synaptic output of olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) in individual mice before and after they learned that a particular odor indicated an impending foot shock. OSNs are the first cells ...[more]