NMDA spikes mediate amplification of inputs in the rat piriform cortex

The piriform cortex (PCx) receives direct input from the olfactory bulb (OB) and is the brain's main station for odor recognition and memory. The transformation of the odor code from OB to PCx is profound: mitral and tufted cells in olfactory glomeruli respond to individual odorant molecules, w...

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Main Authors: Amit Kumar, Oded Schiff, Edi Barkai, Bartlett W Mel, Alon Poleg-Polsky, Jackie Schiller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2018-12-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/38446