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Chem. Senses 25: 471, 2000
© Oxford University Press 2000

SYMPOSIUM: Adaptation in Vision and Olfaction

Proceedings of the Symposium on Adaptation in Vision and Olfaction Held at the XXI Meeting of AChemS on April 15, 1999

Diego Restrepo

Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center and Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA

Adaptation is the ability of a neural system to adjust its sensitivity and dynamic range as the background level of stimulation changes. In sensory systems, adaptation increases threshold (decreases sensitivity) and extends the dynamic range of the behavioral stimulus–response function thereby allowing the system to respond to changes in stimulus intensity under different levels of background stimulation. In . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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