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 …

Neurons in piriform cortex receive input from a random collection of glomeruli, resulting in
odor representations that lack the stereotypic organization of the olfactory bulb. We have …

The relationship between odorant structure and odor quality has been a focus of olfactory
research for 100 years, although no systematic correlations are yet apparent. Animal studies …

The relationship between molecular properties of odorants and neural activities is arguably
one of the most important issues in olfaction and the rules governing this relationship are still …

Neuronal oscillations route external and internal information across brain regions. In the
olfactory system, the two central nodes—the olfactory bulb (OB) and the piriform cortex (PC) …

We present a model for olfactory coding based on spatial representation of glomerular
responses. In this model distinct odorants activate specific subsets of glomeruli, dependent …

Systematic mapping studies involving 365 odorant chemicals have shown that glomerular
responses in the rat olfactory bulb are organized spatially in patterns that are related to the …

Odorants, inhaled through the nose or exhaled from the mouth through the nose, bind to
receptors on olfactory sensory neurons. Olfactory sensory neurons project in a highly …

Sensory neural activity is highly context dependent and shaped by experience and
expectation. In the olfactory bulb (OB), the first cerebral relay of olfactory processing …

Natural odors, generally composed of many monomolecular components, are analyzed by
peripheral receptors into component features and translated into spatiotemporal patterns of …