Mice discriminate odour source distance via sub-sniff temporal features of odour plumes
Alina Cristina Marin, Julia Jade Harris, Debanjan Dasgupta, Andrew Erskine, Tom P. A. Warner, Andreas T. Schaefer, Tobias Ackels
This study shows mice can distinguish odour sources at different distances by analyzing rapid temporal features of odour plumes, with neural responses correlating more strongly with high-frequency plume features than mean concentration.
bioRxiv · May 14, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience