Odor discrimination in neural populations Molecular features of odorants systematically influence slow temporal responses across clusters of coordinated antennal lobe units in the moth Manduca sexta
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This work was supported by an award from NIH-NCRR (9 R01 RR14166) to BHS & NIH-NIDCD (1 R03 DC05535) to KCD. Initial support was provided by a contract from DARPA/CBS to J.G. Hildebrand. The authors also wish to thank the University of Michigan Center for Neural Communication Technology (NIH/NCRR grant P41 RR09754) for electrode supply. We would also like to thank T.A. Christensen, H. Lei, L. P. Tolbert, A., Dacks, & G. L. Gerstein for their comments on this work.
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