title: Cortical processing of odor objects.
abstract: Natural odors, generally composed of many monomolecular components, are analyzed by peripheral receptors into component features and translated into spatiotemporal patterns of neural activity in the olfactory bulb. Here, we will discuss the role of the olfactory cortex in the recognition, separation and completion of those odor-evoked patterns, and how these processes contribute to odor perception. Recent findings regarding the neural architecture, physiology, and plasticity of the olfactory cortex, principally the piriform cortex, will be described in the context of how this paleocortical structure creates odor objects.
authors.affiliation: Emotional Brain Institute, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA. donald.wilson@nyumc.org
authors.forename: Donald A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Regina M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Sullivan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology; D009812:Odorants; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000502:physiology; D009833:Olfactory Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D012903:Smell / Q000502:physiology*
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