Because We Can Discriminate Among Thousands of Different Odors and Each

question 43

Multiple Choice

Because we can discriminate among thousands of different odors and each receptor responds to many odors, coding in the olfactory system has been assumed to operate according to

• A) opponent principles.
• B) component principles.
• C) pheromonal principles.
• D) excitatory principles.
• E) inhibitory principles.

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