Understanding how the human brain translates sensory impressions into conscious
percepts is a key challenge of neuroscience research. Work in this area has overwhelmingly …

Studies of patients with focal brain injury indicate that smell perception involves caudal
orbitofrontal and medial temporal cortices, but a more precise functional organization has …

the orbitofrontal cortex receives inputs from all the major sensory pathways, but olfaction is
the only pathway that projects directly to it. We discuss several unique properties with which …

Ongoing sensory input is critical for shaping internal representations of the external world.
Conversely, a lack of sensory input can profoundly perturb the formation of these …

The olfactory bulbs (OBs) are the first site of odor representation in the mammalian brain,
and their unique ultrastructure is considered a necessary substrate for spatiotemporal …

Humans routinely make judgments about olfactory stimuli. However, few studies have
examined the functional neuroanatomy underlying the cognitive operations involved in such …

Although it is known that visual imagery is accompanied by activity in visual cortical areas,
including primary visual cortex, whether olfactory imagery exists remains controversial. Here …

Previous studies have shown activation of right orbitofrontal cortex during judgments of odor
familiarity. In the present study, we sought to extend our knowledge about the neural circuits …

It is widely assumed that the thalamus is functionally irrelevant for the sense of smell.
Although animal studies suggest that the mediodorsal (MD) thalamus links primary olfactory …

The orbitofrontal cortex receives multi-modality sensory inputs, including olfactory input, and
is thought to be involved in conscious perception of the olfactory image of objects …