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Nature Neuroscience 10, 1511 - 1512 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nn1207-1511

The main olfactory bulb and innate behavior: different perspectives on an olfactory scene

Zachary F Mainen1

  1. The author is at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA.
    e-mail: mainen@cshl.edu


A recent study in Nature now shows that the main olfactory bulb contains a particular zone required for innate odor aversion, indicating that olfactory receptors have behavioral as well as chemical specificity.

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