嗅觉编码：巨大抑制神经元控制稀疏气味代码。

Olfactory coding: giant inhibitory neuron governs sparse odor codes.

机构信息

National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Building 35, 35 Lincoln Drive, Rm 3A-102, msc 3715, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

出版信息

Curr Biol. 2011 Jul 12;21(13):R504-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.05.044.

DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2011.05.044

PMID:21741586

Abstract

Electrophysiological investigations in locusts have revealed that the sparseness of odor representations, in the brain region expected to mediate olfactory learning, is shaped by a unique inhibitory neuron.

摘要

在蝗虫的电生理学研究中发现，在预期介导嗅觉学习的大脑区域中，气味代表的稀疏性是由一种独特的抑制神经元形成的。