Organism Function
Smell Perception
The ability to detect scents or odors, such as the function of OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS.
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Smell, the detection and identification by sensory organs of airborne chemicals. The concept of smell, as it applies to humans, becomes less distinct when invertebrates and lower vertebrates...
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Olfaction is the sensation of smell that results from the detection of odorous substances aerosolized in the environment. Along with vision, taste, hearing, and ...
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Olfaction is a critical physiologic process of the nasal airway. The sense of smell plays an important role in pleasure, including the palatability and flavor ...
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Aug 9, 2016 ... Avian olfaction has been neglected for a long time, although pioneering ... Olfactory signals are important in intra-specific communication.
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Apr 13, 2020 ... We propose that the olfactory epithelium from the nasal cavity may be a more appropriate tissue for detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus at the ...
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Mar 19, 2018 ... Similar theories have occurred several times throughout olfactory science; this theory has again recently come to prominence by Luca Turin, who ...
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Jun 22, 2020 ... Whether and how it does so for olfaction is unclear, although humans also have two separate nasal passages that simultaneously sample from ...
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Mar 11, 2019 ... Interestingly, the trend between visual and olfactory sensory structures was inversed among these six flies when we corrected for absolute head ...
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Abstract The main and accessory olfactory systems have received considerable attention on the part of scientists and clinicians during the last decade, ...
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We conclude that a common olfactory percept, “olfactory white,” is associated with mixtures of ∼30 or more equal-intensity components that span stimulus space, ...
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Jul 21, 2021 ... This modulates olfactory discrimination, promotes the avoidance of bacteria-laced food and increases fly survival. Although transient in young ...