Function of the Olfactory Cortex

Synopsis The olfactory cortex includes all regions of the brain receiving direct input from the olfactory bulb, and includes the piriform cortex as largest component. The olfactory cortex contributes to all aspects of odor perception including odor intensity and quality coding, odor hedonics, and odor memory. Many of the functions of piriform cortex require neural plasticity, including formation of experience-dependent, distributed ensembles of neurons responsive to a particular odor. Finally, the reliance on plasticity processes for basic perceptual functions makes the piriform cortex, and odor perception, susceptible to disorders such as Alzheimer's disease.

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  DOI 10.1016/b978-0-12-809324-5.23774-7
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