title: Information for decision-making and stimulus identification is multiplexed in sensory cortex.
abstract: In recordings from anterior piriform cortex in awake behaving mice, we found that neuronal firing early in the olfactory pathway simultaneously conveyed fundamentally different information: odor value (is the odor rewarded?) and identity (what is the smell?). Thus, this sensory system performs early multiplexing of information reflecting stimulus-specific characteristics with that used for decision-making.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Medical School, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Gire
authors.forename: Jennifer D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Whitesell
authors.forename: Wilder
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Doucette
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Restrepo
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D000818:Animals; D003657:Decision Making / Q000502:physiology; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D009812:Odorants; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000502:physiology; D009833:Olfactory Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D055696:Olfactory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D012201:Reward