Title | A Mirror-Symmetric Excitatory Link Coordinates Odor Maps across Olfactory Bulbs and Enables Odor Perceptual Unity |
Author | Mark Grobman 1 Tal Dalal 1 Hagar Lavian 1 Ronit Shmuel 1 Katya Belelovsky 1 Fuqiang Xu 2 Alon Korngreen 1 3 RafiHaddad 1 |
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1 The Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 5290002, Israel
2 State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
3 The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 5290002, Israel |
Published | Neuron Volume 99, Issue 4, 22 August 2018 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2018.07.012
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Keyword | olfaction odo rmirror-symmetric inter-hemispheric AONpE odor maps bilateral information transfer optogenetics perceptual unity |
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Abstract | Sensory input reaching the brain from bilateral and offset channels is nonetheless perceived as unified. This unity could be explained by simultaneous projections to both hemispheres, or inter-hemispheric information transfer between sensory cortical maps. Odor input, however, is not topographically organized, nor does it project bilaterally, making olfactory perceptual unity enigmatic. ... |