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Contrast enhancement of stimulus intermittency in a primary olfactory network and its behavioral significance

BACKGROUND: An animal navigating to an unseen odor source must accurately resolve the spatiotemporal distribution of that stimulus in order to express appropriate upwind flight behavior. Intermittency of natural odor plumes, caused by air turbulence, is critically important for many insects, includi...

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Autores principales: Lei, Hong, Riffell, Jeffrey A, Gage, Stephanie L, Hildebrand, John G
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2687775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19232128
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol120