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electronic nose

a device that is capable of sensing gases, especially odors. Electronic noses are used commercially to detect malodorous foodstuffs, for example, and scientifically in modeling the olfactory system.

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November 22nd 2024

cortical–subcortical motor loop

cortical–subcortical motor loop

a loop, made up of projections between the motor cortex and structures in the basal ganglia and the thalamus, that monitors and sequences ongoing motor behaviors.