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ArticleComputational and mathematical methods in medicine2013

Concentration-invariant odor representation in the olfactory system by presynaptic inhibition.

Danke Zhang, Yuanqing Li, Si Wu

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Article in Computational and mathematical methods in medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Danke ZhangSchool of Automation Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China.
Yuanqing Li
Si Wu
Beijing Normal University · CNSouth China University of Technology · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study investigates a network model for implementing concentration-invariant representation for odors in the olfactory system. The network consists of olfactory receptor neurons, projection neurons, and inhibitory local neurons. Receptor neurons send excitatory inputs to projection neurons, which are modulated by the inhibitory inputs from local neurons. The modulation occurs at the presynaptic site from a receptor neuron to a projection one, leading to the operation of divisive normalization. The responses of local interneurons are determined by the total activities of olfactory receptor neurons. We find that with a proper parameter condition, the responses of projection neurons become effectively independent of the odor concentration. Simulation results confirm our theoretical analysis.

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OdorantsAnimalsComputer SimulationInterneuronsModels, NeurologicalOlfactory PathwaysOlfactory Receptor NeuronsReceptors, PresynapticSmellSynapsesSynaptic TransmissionReceptors, Presynaptic

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PMID23533540
PMCPMC3600342
OpenAlexW1978381899

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