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ReviewThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2018

Algorithms for Olfactory Search across Species.

Keeley L Baker, Michael Dickinson, Teresa M Findley, David H Gire, Matthieu Louis, Marie P Suver, Justus V Verhagen, Katherine I Nagel, Matthew C Smear

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Review in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers.

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92citing papers in PubMed
16.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

92 citing papers in PubMed, 186 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Keeley L BakerDepartment of Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven 06519, Connecticut.
Michael DickinsonDivision of Biology and Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125, California.
Teresa M FindleyInstitute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene 97403, Oregon.
David H GireDepartment of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, Washington.
Matthieu LouisNeuroscience Research Institute, University of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara 93106, California.ORCID 0000-0002-2267-0262
Marie P SuverNeuroscience Institute, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York 10016, New York, and.ORCID 0000-0003-4491-6996
Justus V VerhagenDepartment of Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven 06519, Connecticut.ORCID 0000-0002-6090-0073
Katherine I NagelNeuroscience Institute, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York 10016, New York, and katherine.nagel@nyumc.org smear@uoregon.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6701-3901
Matthew C SmearInstitute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene 97403, Oregon, katherine.nagel@nyumc.org smear@uoregon.edu.
NYU Langone Health · USUniversity of Oregon · USYale University · USCalifornia Institute of Technology · USUniversity of California, Santa Barbara · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

Multimodal flavor integration and retronasal olfaction in the mouseR01DC014723 · NIDCD · JOHN B. PIERCE LABORATORY, INC. · PI VERHAGEN, JUSTUS V. · 2016 to 2020
$2.4M
Neural circuit mechanisms of odor localization in miceR00DC013305 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI GIRE, DAVID HENRY · 2015 to 2018
$796k
Active Sensation during Odor-Guided Navigation in MiceF31DC016799 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF OREGON · PI FINDLEY, TERESA M · 2017 to 2019
$101k
NIDCD NIH HHS F31 DC016799NIDCD NIH HHS R00 DC013305NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC014723
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Localizing the sources of stimuli is essential. Most organisms cannot eat, mate, or escape without knowing where the relevant stimuli originate. For many, if not most, animals, olfaction plays an essential role in search. While microorganismal chemotaxis is relatively well understood, in larger animals the algorithms and mechanisms of olfactory search remain mysterious. In this symposium, we will present recent advances in our understanding of olfactory search in flies and rodents. Despite their different sizes and behaviors, both species must solve similar problems, including meeting the challenges of turbulent airflow, sampling the environment to optimize olfactory information, and incorporating odor information into broader navigational systems.

Indexed as

AlgorithmsEnvironmentOdorantsAnimalsHumansMemorySmellSpecies Specificityactive sensingmemoryolfactionolfactory navigationolfactory searchturbulence

Identifiers

PMID30381430
PMCPMC6209839
OpenAlexW2899009336

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