Rodent decision-making research aims to uncover the neural circuitry underlying the ability
to evaluate alternatives and select appropriate actions. Designing behavioral paradigms that …

Central nervous system diseases are not currently diagnosed based on knowledge of
biological mechanisms underlying their symptoms. Greater understanding may be offered …

Studies of neuronal oscillations have contributed substantial insight into the mechanisms of
visual, auditory, and somatosensory perception. However, progress in such research in the …

Relevant odors signaling food, mates, or predators can be masked by unpredictable
mixtures of less relevant background odors. Here, we developed a mouse behavioral …

Representational drift is a phenomenon of increasing interest in the cognitive and neural
sciences. While investigations are ongoing for other sensory cortices, recent research has …

The olfactory bulb (OB) is the first relay station in the olfactory system. In the OB, mitral/tufted
cells (M/Ts), which are the main output neurons, play important roles in the processing and …

A growing body of evidence shows that olfactory information is processed within a thalamic
nucleus in both rodents and humans. The mediodorsal thalamic nucleus (MDT) receives …

Precise and reliable presentation of odorants to animals is crucial for olfactory studies.
Although odor stimulation systems in anesthetized or awake, head‐fixed animals are well …

Although orthonasal odorants are often associated with the external environment, retronasal
odorants are accompanied by consummatory behaviors and indicate an internal state of an …

The olfactory system faces the difficult task of identifying an enormous variety of odors
independent of their intensity. Primacy coding, where the odor identity is encoded by the …