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The Olfactory Mosaic: Bringing an Olfactory Network Together for Odor Perception.
Courtiol, Emmanuelle; Wilson, Donald A.
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  • Courtiol E; Emotional Brain Institute, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, USA; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
  • Wilson DA; Emotional Brain Institute, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, USA; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Perception ; 46(3-4): 320-332, 2017.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27687814
Olfactory perception and its underlying neural mechanisms are not fixed, but rather vary over time, dependent on various parameters such as state, task, or learning experience. In olfaction, one of the primary sensory areas beyond the olfactory bulb is the piriform cortex. Due to an increasing number of functions attributed to the piriform cortex, it has been argued to be an associative cortex rather than a simple primary sensory cortex. In fact, the piriform cortex plays a key role in creating olfactory percepts, helping to form configural odor objects from the molecular features extracted in the nose. Moreover, its dynamic interactions with other olfactory and nonolfactory areas are also critical in shaping the olfactory percept and resulting behavioral responses. In this brief review, we will describe the key role of the piriform cortex in the larger olfactory perceptual network, some of the many actors of this network, and the importance of the dynamic interactions among the piriform-trans-thalamic and limbic pathways.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Condutos Olfatórios / Tálamo / Percepção Olfatória / Córtex Piriforme / Sistema Límbico Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Condutos Olfatórios / Tálamo / Percepção Olfatória / Córtex Piriforme / Sistema Límbico Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article