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Nature Neuroscience 11, 531 - 533 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nn0508-531
A volume control for the sense of smell
Ben W Strowbridge1
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The author is in the Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA.
e-mail: bens@case.edu
Abstract
Animals can discriminate between olfactory stimuli, but they perceive different concentrations of a chemical as one stimulus. A recent study suggests how this happens and reveals a neural circuit that mediates olfactory gain control.
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