Fly Bloom Filter (IMAGE)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Fly Bloom Filter

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The fly Bloom filter stores information about which odors have been recently experienced. This filter is used to generate an analog novelty signal for odors. MBON-α'3 is a mushroom body output neuron that computes novelty responses for odors.

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Salk Institute for Biological Studies

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