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Taming time in the olfactory bulb

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The biophysics of an unusual synaptic arrangement within the olfactory bulb suggests a way in which rapidly inactivating potassium channels could modulate the timing of oscillations that underlie odor recognition.

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Figure 1: Schematic drawing of the anatomy of the mammalian olfactory bulb.
Figure 2: Postulated mechanism by which IA may control the frequency of odor-induced oscillations in the olfactory bulb.

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Segev, I. Taming time in the olfactory bulb. Nat Neurosci 2, 1041–1043 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/15961

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