About the Authors

Derya R Shimshek

Affiliation Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg, Germany

Thorsten Bus

Affiliation Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg, Germany

Jinhyun Kim

Affiliation Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg, Germany

Andre Mihaljevic

Affiliation Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg, Germany

Volker Mack

Affiliation Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg, Germany

Peter H Seeburg

Affiliation Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg, Germany

Rolf Sprengel

Affiliation Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg, Germany

Andreas T Schaefer

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: a.schaefer@ucl.ac.uk

¤ Current address: Department of Physiology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Affiliation Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

DRS and ATS conceived and designed most of the experiments. The manuscript was written by DRS, PHS, RS, and ATS. Mouse lines were conceived and designed by DRS, PHS, RS (GluR-BΔFB, GluR-BΔECS:FB); DRS, PHS, RS, ATS (GluR-BRescue); JK, PHS, RS (TgCN12-itTA); and VM, PHS, RS (GluR-B2lox, TgOCN1). Olfactory behavioral experiments were done by TB and ATS; AM performed the GFPGluR-B Western blots; immunohistochemical experiments and other Western blots as well as the nonolfactory behavioral experiments were performed by DRS.