Functional Plasticity of Odor Representations during Motherhood

Summary: Motherhood is accompanied by new behaviors aimed at ensuring the wellbeing of the offspring. Olfaction plays a key role in guiding maternal behaviors during this transition. We studied functional changes in the main olfactory bulb (OB) of mothers in mice. Using in vivo two-photon calcium im...

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Main Authors: Amit Vinograd, Yael Fuchs-Shlomai, Merav Stern, Diptendu Mukherjee, Yuan Gao, Ami Citri, Ian Davison, Adi Mizrahi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-10-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221112471731313X