Rapid Encoding and Perception of Novel Odors in the Rat

Daniel W Wesson; Ryan M Carey; Justus V Verhagen; Matt Wachowiak

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060082

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Rapid Encoding and Perception of Novel Odors in the Rat

Daniel W Wesson ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniel W Wesson, Ryan M Carey, Justus V Verhagen

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Ryan M Carey ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniel W Wesson, Ryan M Carey, Justus V Verhagen

Affiliations Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America , Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Justus V Verhagen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniel W Wesson, Ryan M Carey, Justus V Verhagen

¤ Current address: The John B. Pierce Laboratory, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Matt Wachowiak

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: dmattw@bu.edu

Affiliations Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America , Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Rapid Encoding and Perception of Novel Odors in the Rat

Daniel W Wesson,
Ryan M Carey,
Justus V Verhagen,
Matt Wachowiak

Published: April 8, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060082

About the Authors

Daniel W Wesson

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniel W Wesson, Ryan M Carey, Justus V Verhagen

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ryan M Carey

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniel W Wesson, Ryan M Carey, Justus V Verhagen

Affiliations Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America , Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Justus V Verhagen

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniel W Wesson, Ryan M Carey, Justus V Verhagen

¤ Current address: The John B. Pierce Laboratory, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Matt Wachowiak

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: dmattw@bu.edu

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

DWW, JVV, and MW conceived and designed the experiments. DWW and JVV performed the experiments. RMC and MW analyzed the data. RMC and JVV contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. DWW, RMC, JVV, and MW wrote the paper.

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