[Computer modeling of mechanisms of the information processing in the olfactory bulb. II. Mechanisms of identification and short-term storage in the olfactory bulb: results of the computer experimentation]

Abstract

The results of experimentation with the computer model of the olfactory bulb are presented. The architecture and scenario of the work of the model were described previously. The dynamic character of the identification process and the mechanism of memorizing short-term of smell stimuli are described. During the identification, a self-adjustment of the olfactory bulb to incoming signals occurs. The self-modification of mitral and tufted cell synapses enhances responses of the cells; upon subsequent presentation of the stimulus, the olfactory bulb responds with a higher activity. The modeling confirmed the validity of the assumption that the functions of mitral and tufted cells are to identify the components of a complex smell and the image of the smell as the whole.