title: Scenting Waldo: analyzing olfactory scenes.
abstract: Olfaction has often been described as a ‘synthetic’ sense. A study now reveals a surprising capacity to resolve individual odorants in complex mixtures, with implications for how the nervous system recognizes objects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy &Neurobiology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Timothy E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Holy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D009812:Odorants; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000502:physiology*; D055696:Olfactory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D018034:Olfactory Receptor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D012903:Smell / Q000502:physiology*