The stimulus complexity of naturally occurring odours presents unique challenges for central
nervous systems that are aiming to internalize the external olfactory landscape. One …

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

Multifunctional agents with limited motor resources must decide what actions will best
ensure their survival. Moreover, given that in an unpredictable world things don't always …

Rat pups must learn maternal odor to support attachment behaviors, including nursing and
orientation toward the mother. Neonates have a sensitive period for rapid, robust odor …

The lateral entorhinal cortex (LEC) receives direct input from olfactory bulb mitral cells and
piriform cortical pyramidal cells and is the gateway for olfactory input to the hippocampus …

Recent work indicates that there are distinct response habituation mechanisms that can be
recruited by different stimulation rates and that can underlie different components (eg, the …

Substances such as acetylcholine and glutamate act as both neurotransmitters and
neuromodulators. As neuromodulators, they change neural information processing by …

Comprehensive Overview of Advances in OlfactionThe common belief is that human smell
perception is much reduced compared with other mammals, so that whatever abilities are …

Detection and discrimination of odors generally, if not always, occurs against an odorous
background. On any given inhalation, olfactory receptor neurons will be activated by …

Animals traversing different environments encounter both stable background stimuli and
novel cues, which are thought to be detected by primary sensory neurons and then …