title: Perception without a thalamus how does olfaction do it?
abstract: The olfactory system has generated considerable interest in recent years, mainly focused on receptor genes and early olfactory processing. In this issue of Neuron, Mori et al. focus centrally, providing evidence for slow- and fast-wave states in olfactory cortex that appear to gate the inflow of information underlying conscious smell perception.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
authors.forename: Gordon M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Shepherd
mesh_terms: D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000502:physiology; D009833:Olfactory Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D012903:Smell / Q000502:physiology*; D013788:Thalamus / Q000502:physiology*