Convergence in the piriform cortex

M Inês Vicente; Zachary F Mainen

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2011.03.019

Convergence in the piriform cortex

Neuron. 2011 Apr 14;70(1):1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.03.019.

Authors

M Inês Vicente¹, Zachary F Mainen

Affiliation

¹ Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Av. Brasília s/n, 1400-038 Lisboa, Portugal.

PMID: 21482349
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.03.019

Abstract

How are the responses to distinct chemical features integrated to form an olfactory perceptual object? In this issue of Neuron, Davison and Ehlers show that individual piriform cortex neurons receive convergent input from up to 10% of main olfactory bulb glomeruli and are activated by specific spatial patterns of coactive glomeruli.

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