Olfactory coding: non-linear amplification separates smells.
How does the nervous system encode complex sensory stimuli? A recent study reveals the fly olfactory system compensates for variability in sensory input as odor representations are restructured for enhanced discriminability and coding efficiency.
Raman
Baranidharan
B
National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 35 Lincoln Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
Stopfer
Mark
M
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D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D018035:Receptors, Odorant