Putting smell on the map.
The vertebrate olfactory system must cope with a staggering developmental problem: how to connect millions of olfactory neurons expressing different odorant receptors to appropriate targets in the brain. Recent studies demonstrate remarkable plasticity in integrating novel olfactory neurons into this circuitry.
Vosshall
Leslie B
LB
Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021-6399, USA. leslie@mail.rockefeller.edu
D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001931:Brain Mapping; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D009833:Olfactory Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D018034:Olfactory Receptor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D012903:Smell / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*