Olfactory perceptual stability and discrimination
| Autor: | Dylan C. Barnes, Donald A. Wilson, Rylon D. Hofacer, Robert L. Rennaker, Ashiq R Zaman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Neurons
Olfactory system Systems neuroscience Behavior Animal Filling-in General Neuroscience Olfactory Pathways Somatosensory Cortex Pattern completion Olfactory Perception Somatosensory system Olfactory Bulb Stimulation Chemical Article Rats Olfactory bulb Discrimination Psychological nervous system Odorants Psychophysics Animals Percept Psychology Neuroscience psychological phenomena and processes |
| Zdroj: | Nature Neuroscience. 11:1378-1380 |
| ISSN: | 1546-1726 1097-6256 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/nn.2217 |
| Popis: | No two roses smell exactly alike, but our brain accurately bundles these variations into a single percept 'rose'. We found that ensembles of rat olfactory bulb neurons decorrelate complex mixtures that vary by as little as a single missing component, whereas olfactory (piriform) cortical neural ensembles perform pattern completion in response to an absent component, essentially filling in the missing information and allowing perceptual stability. This piriform cortical ensemble activity predicts olfactory perception. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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