NIH R01 · 2024
Cortical odor processing for social recognition
PROJECT SUMMARY The sense of olfaction allows animals to gather critical information about resources, dangers, and potential social interactions. A primary goal of olfactory neuroscience is to understand how neural circuit operations in the main olfactory system parse chemical signals in the environment and contribute to adaptive behavior. Neural circuits in piriform cortex (PCx), the primary olfactory cortex, are thought to transform elemental odor information received from the olfactory bulb into more holistic ‘odor object’ representations that signal the presence of unique odor sources in the environment. The olfactory system developed this ability over the course of evolution in…
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