Information for decision-making and stimulus identification is multiplexed in sensory cortex.

ABSTRACT: In recordings from anterior piriform cortex in awake behaving mice, we found that neuronal firing early in the olfactory pathway simultaneously conveyed fundamentally different information: odor value (is the odor rewarded?) and identity (what is the smell?). Thus, this sensory system performs early multiplexing of information reflecting stimulus-specific characteristics with that used for decision-making.

SUBMITTER: Gire DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3725200 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature