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Probing the olfactory code

Author(s) -

C. Giovanni Galizia,

Randolf Menzel

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

nature neuroscience

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 13.403

H-Index - 422

eISSN - 1546-1726

pISSN - 1097-6256

DOI - 10.1038/78741

Subject(s) - odor , antennal lobe , neuroscience , action (physics) , olfaction , code (set theory) , olfactory system , biology , communication , psychology , computer science , physics , set (abstract data type) , programming language , quantum mechanics

Multielectrode recording arrays in the moth antennal lobe indicate that the relative timing of action potentials may convey information about odor concentration and mixture. The olfactory system has a particularly difficult task: unlike vision or sound, the number of elementary stimuli—the odors—seems to be almost infinite. Furthermore, airborne odors come in plumes that reach the olfactory organ intermittently and unpredictably.

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