Thalamic olfaction: Characterizing odor processing in the mediodorsal
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Authors: Emmanuelle Courtiol and Donald A. Wilson 4 Department of Child and Adolescent PsychiatryNew York University Langone Medical Center 5 and 6 Emotional Brain Institute, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research 7 8 Running Head: Odor processing in the mediodorsal thalamus 9 10 11 Corresponding author: 12 Emmanuelle Courtiol, Emotional Brain Institute, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric 13 Research,140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, NY 10962 14 Email: [email protected] 15 Phone: 845-398-5465 16 Fax: 845-398-2193 17 18
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