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The maps they are a-changin': plasticity in odor representation in interneurons

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Representations in excitatory neurons generally narrow as they are refined. Odor representations in interneurons, however, broaden with maturation and learning, as connections between interneurons and projection neurons expand.

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Figure 1: Odor representation in interneurons expands during maturation and learning.

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  1. Tobias Ackels & Andreas T. Schaefer are in the Neurophysiology of Behaviour Lab, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK,

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Ackels, T., Schaefer, A. The maps they are a-changin': plasticity in odor representation in interneurons. Nat Neurosci 20, 128–129 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.4484

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