NIH R01 · 2025
Odor Coding in Piriform Cortex
The perception and recognition of odors allow animals to identify food sources, avoid predators, and find potential mates as they navigate their surroundings. These behaviors require at least three essential compu-tations: (1) the ability to discriminate between similar odors while simultaneously allowing generalization for odor recognition; (2) acquiring and retrieving odor associations; and (3) assigning value to salient odors to guide appropriate behaviors. Although the piriform (PCx) cortex is thought to be the locus for odor perception and odor learning and memory, whether or how the PCx performs these essential computations remains unknown. Our long-term goal is to mechanistically…
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