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SUBMITTER: Kermen F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7873110 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cell and tissue research 20210130 1
Whether an odorant is perceived as pleasant or unpleasant (hedonic value) governs a range of crucial behaviors: foraging, escaping danger, and social interaction. Despite its importance in olfactory perception, little is known regarding how odor hedonics is represented and encoded in the brain. Here, we review recent findings describing how odorant hedonic value is represented in the first olfaction processing center, the olfactory bulb. We discuss how olfactory bulb circuits might contribute to ...[more]