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ArticleNature2021

Fast odour dynamics are encoded in the olfactory system and guide behaviour.

Tobias Ackels, Andrew Erskine, Debanjan Dasgupta, Alina Cristina Marin, Tom P A Warner, Sina Tootoonian, Izumi Fukunaga, Julia J Harris, Andreas T Schaefer

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Article in Nature, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

66 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Tobias Ackels *Sensory Circuits and Neurotechnology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4964-1162
Andrew Erskine *Sensory Circuits and Neurotechnology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
Debanjan Dasgupta *Sensory Circuits and Neurotechnology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
Alina Cristina MarinSensory Circuits and Neurotechnology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
Tom P A WarnerSensory Circuits and Neurotechnology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
Sina TootoonianSensory Circuits and Neurotechnology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
Izumi FukunagaSensory Circuits and Neurotechnology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1860-5377
Julia J HarrisSensory Circuits and Neurotechnology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
Andreas T SchaeferSensory Circuits and Neurotechnology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK. andreas.schaefer@crick.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4677-8788

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_UP_1202/5Wellcome Trust 110174Wellcome Trust FC001153
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Odours are transported in turbulent plumes, which result in rapid concentration fluctuations

Indexed as

Air MovementsAnimalsBehavior, AnimalConditioning, OperantMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLModels, NeurologicalOdorantsOlfactory BulbOlfactory Receptor NeuronsPatch-Clamp TechniquesSmellSpatial BehaviorTime Factors

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PMID33953395
PMCPMC7611658

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