Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21435561›Full record

ArticleNeuron2011

Associative cortex features in the first olfactory brain relay station.

Wilder Doucette, David H Gire, Jennifer Whitesell, Vanessa Carmean, Mary T Lucero, Diego Restrepo

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Article in Neuron, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 106 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

106 citing papers in PubMed.

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  17. Excitable Axonal Domains Adapt to Sensory Deprivation in the Olfactory System.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2022
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  18. Connectivity and dynamics in the olfactory bulb.PLoS computational biology · 2022
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  20. Electrophysiology and the magnetic sense: a guide to best practice.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Wilder DoucetteDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
David H Gire
Jennifer Whitesell
Vanessa Carmean
Mary T Lucero
Diego Restrepo

Funding

PERIPHERAL MECHANISMS OF OLFACTORY RECEPTIONR01DC000566 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI RESTREPO, DIEGO · 1989 to 2022
$9.9M
NIDCD P30 Core: Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell CenterP30DC004657 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI FINGER, THOMAS E, RESTREPO, DIEGO · 2000 to 2014
$7.6M
Cholinergic Modulation of OlfactionR01DC008855 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI VIJAYARAGHAVAN, SUKUMAR · 2007 to 2018
$3.2M
FUNCTIONS OF PACAP IN OLFACTORY NEURONSR01DC002994 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI LUCERO, MARY T · 1996 to 2009
$2.4M
NE Modulation of Olfactory Bulb During Learning in MiceF30DC008066 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI DOUCETTE, WILDER T · 2005 to 2009
$109k
NIDCD NIH HHS DC002994NIDCD NIH HHS DC00566NIDCD NIH HHS DC008066NIDCD NIH HHS DC008855NIDCD NIH HHS DC04657NIDCD NIH HHS F30 DC008066NIDCD NIH HHS P30 DC004657NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC000566NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC002994NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC008855
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synchronized firing of mitral cells (MCs) in the olfactory bulb (OB) has been hypothesized to help bind information together in olfactory cortex (OC). In this survey of synchronized firing by suspected MCs in awake, behaving vertebrates, we find the surprising result that synchronized firing conveys information on odor value ("Is it rewarded?") rather than odor identity ("What is the odor?"). We observed that as mice learned to discriminate between odors, synchronous firing responses to the rewarded and unrewarded odors became divergent. Furthermore, adrenergic blockage decreases the magnitude of odor divergence of synchronous trains, suggesting that MCs contribute to decision-making through adrenergic-modulated synchronized firing. Thus, in the olfactory system information on stimulus reward is found in MCs one synapse away from the sensory neuron.

Indexed as

AnimalsBehavior, AnimalCerebral CortexDiscrimination LearningElectrophysiologyMiceNeuronsNorepinephrineOdorantsOlfactory PathwaysSmellNorepinephrine

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PMID21435561
PMCPMC3064824

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