Accessory olfactory learning.
Learning in the accessory olfactory bulb is modelled mathematically by means of a set of coupled oscillator equations to describe the ongoing activity. The modification of this activity by experience is shown to lead to a change of the transfer function of the AOB as an input-output device. This leads both to a test of the model and a means of discovering how the later stages of the brain may use the AOB output. Our discussion is limited to a specific form of learning in the mouse, but may have more general applicability.
Taylor
J G
JG
Department of Mathematics, King's College, London, United Kingdom.
Keverne
E B
EB
D000818:Animals; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D007858:Learning; D008433:Mathematics; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000502:physiology*; D012903:Smell; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology