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BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS
Volume 50, Issue 2, Pages 305-335Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2005.08.005
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olfactory system organization; basal forebrain organization; olfactory peduncle; olfactory cortex
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- NIDCD NIH HHS [R01 DC000338] Funding Source: Medline
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While portions of the mammalian olfactory system have been Studied extensively, the anterior olfactory nucleus (AON) has been relatively ignored. Furthermore, the existing research is dispersed and obscured by many different nomenclatures and approaches. The present review collects and assembles the relatively sparse literature regarding the portion of the brain situated between the olfactory bulb and primary olfactory (piriform) cortex. Included is an overview of the area's organization, the functional, morphological and neurochemical characteristics of its cells and a comprehensive appraisal of its efferent and afferent fiber systems. Available evidence suggests the existence of subdivisions within the AON and demonstrates that the structure influences ongoing activity in many other olfactory areas. We Conclude with a discussion of the AON's mysterious but complex role ill olfactory information processing. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.
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