Dynamic optimization of odor representations by slow temporal patterning of mitral cell activity. Friedrich, R W & Laurent, G Science (New York, N.Y.), 291(5505):889–94, February, 2001.
Dynamic optimization of odor representations by slow temporal patterning of mitral cell activity. [link]Paper  doi  abstract   bibtex   
Mitral cells (MCs) in the olfactory bulb (OB) respond to odors with slow temporal firing patterns. The representation of each odor by activity patterns across the MC population thus changes continuously throughout a stimulus, in an odor-specific manner. In the zebrafish OB, we found that this distributed temporal patterning progressively reduced the similarity between ensemble representations of related odors, thereby making each odor's representation more specific over time. The tuning of individual MCs was not sharpened during this process. Hence, the individual responses of MCs did not become more specific, but the odor-coding MC assemblies changed such that their overlap decreased. This optimization of ensemble representations did not occur among olfactory afferents but resulted from OB circuit dynamics. Time can therefore gradually optimize stimulus representations in a sensory network.
@article{Friedrich2001a,
	title = {Dynamic optimization of odor representations by slow temporal patterning of mitral cell activity.},
	volume = {291},
	issn = {0036-8075},
	url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11157170},
	doi = {10.1126/science.291.5505.889},
	abstract = {Mitral cells (MCs) in the olfactory bulb (OB) respond to odors with slow temporal firing patterns. The representation of each odor by activity patterns across the MC population thus changes continuously throughout a stimulus, in an odor-specific manner. In the zebrafish OB, we found that this distributed temporal patterning progressively reduced the similarity between ensemble representations of related odors, thereby making each odor's representation more specific over time. The tuning of individual MCs was not sharpened during this process. Hence, the individual responses of MCs did not become more specific, but the odor-coding MC assemblies changed such that their overlap decreased. This optimization of ensemble representations did not occur among olfactory afferents but resulted from OB circuit dynamics. Time can therefore gradually optimize stimulus representations in a sensory network.},
	number = {5505},
	urldate = {2013-08-23},
	journal = {Science (New York, N.Y.)},
	author = {Friedrich, R W and Laurent, G},
	month = feb,
	year = {2001},
	pmid = {11157170},
	keywords = {\#nosource, Amino Acids, Animals, Dendrites, Dendrites: physiology, Interneurons, Interneurons: physiology, Membrane Potentials, Neural Conduction, Neural Inhibition, Neurons, Neurons: physiology, Odors, Olfactory Bulb, Olfactory Bulb: cytology, Olfactory Bulb: physiology, Olfactory Pathways, Olfactory Pathways: physiology, Olfactory Receptor Neurons, Olfactory Receptor Neurons: physiology, Patch-Clamp Techniques, Receptors, Odorant, Receptors, Odorant: physiology, Smell, Smell: physiology, Time Factors, Zebrafish},
	pages = {889--94},
}

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