Increased understanding of the early stages of olfaction has lead to a renewed interest in the
higher brain regions responsible for forming unified 'odor images' from the chemical …

GABA A receptors in the CNS mediate both fast synaptic and tonic inhibition. Over the past
decade a phasic current with features intermediate between fast synaptic and tonic …

The α5 subunit of the GABAA receptor is localized mainly to the hippocampus of the
mammalian brain. The significance of this rather distinct localization and the function of α5 …

Odors are initially encoded in the brain as a set of distinct physicochemical characteristics
but are ultimately perceived as a unified sensory object—a" smell." It remains unclear how …

To study the synaptic and spike responses of barrel cortex neurons as a function of cortical
layer and stimulus intensity, we recorded intracellularly in vivo from barbiturate anesthetized …

The anterior part of the piriform cortex (the APC) has been the focus of cortical‐level studies
of olfactory coding and associative processes and has attracted considerable attention as a …

The piriform (or primary olfactory) cortex is a trilaminar structure that is the first cortical
destination of olfactory information, receiving monosynaptic input from the olfactory bulb …

The primary olfactory cortex (or piriform cortex, PC) is attracting increasing attention as a
model system for the study of cortical sensory processing, yet little is known about inhibitory …

Background The memory-blocking properties of general anesthetics have recently received
considerable attention because of concerns related to intraoperative awareness and …

Odor coding in mammals is widely believed to involve synchronized gamma frequency (30–
70 Hz) oscillations in the first processing structure, the olfactory bulb. How such inputs are …