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Current understanding of the physiological basis for olfaction (sense of smell) and the possible molecular interactions that specify odorant signaling.
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Olfaction A Review Awarded by the webzine of ChemWeb.com Olfaction Page 1 General Physiology of Olfaction Trigeminal Sense in the Olfactory Epithelium Olfaction Page 2 The Odorant Binding Proteins Odorant receptors The Cellular Membrane Olfaction Page 3 G-Protein Coupled Receptors G-Proteins The cAMP...A scientific institute for multidisciplinary research on taste, smell and chemosensory irritation.
http://www.monell.org/
The Human Olfactory Receptor Data Exploratorium; information on the OR proteins, their structure, function and evolution. A set of analysis tools is provided.
http://bioinformatics.weizmann.ac.il/HORDE/
The Chemosensory Perception Lab in the Department of Surgery at University of California, San Diego performs research on how people perceive chemicals and how chemicals exert short-term effects on people.
http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/chemosensorylab//
Located at the University of California, San Diego.
http://www-surgery.ucsd.edu/ent/DAVIDSON/NDC/booklet.htm
Located in Washington, D.C. Information about the clinic, diagnosis, treatment, FAQs, research and contact details.
http://www.tasteandsmell.com
A Professor at Cardiff University, Wales, this site lists information on his research and teaching interests. It includes information on brain activity related to smell, which may be of interest to anosmics.
http://www.cf.ac.uk/uwcc/momed/jacob/smellmnu.html
Smell and its interaction with the brain, and in particular the relationship between smell and memory.
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/...ro98/202s98-paper3/Bresnan3.html
Research article on olfaction (sense of smell).
http://www.hhmi.org/science/neurosci/axel.htm
A discussion as to how smell and taste works, the four basic tastes, what causes the disorders, diagnosing and a discussion on whether they can be treated.
http://www.entnet.org/smelltaste.html
The Merck Manual takes an extensive look at discussion on diagnosis and treatment.
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual_home/sec6/72.htm
Association established to advance the understanding of chemosensory mechanisms by bringing to one forum the variety of different scientific disciplines currently being used to approach the chemical senses
http://www.achems.org/
A reduced, distorted, or lost sense of taste or smell represent serious risk factors for heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and other illnesses that require adherence to specific dietary regimens.
http://obssr.od.nih.gov/Publications/TASTE.HTM
Lecture on olfaction by Doron Lancet at UCSB
http://online.itp.ucsb.edu/online/infobio01/lancet1/
Olfactory receptor sequences that represent essentially the complete repertoire of functional human odorant receptors.
http://www.genomebiology.com/2001/2/6/research/0018/
Focused on working to better the understanding of and proactively utilize the body's senses. (Chicago, IL)
http://www.smellandtaste.org
Answers questions about the sense of taste.
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma...tranet/BiologyPages/T/Taste.html
Health Science Center of the State University of New York in Syracuse. Explanation of smell and taste disorders with treatment options.
http://www.upstate.edu/ent/smelltaste.shtml
The Department of Otolaryngology, University of Colorado School of Medicine.
http://www.uchsc.edu/rmtsc/
Provides an overview about how smell and taste work, the main causes of disorders of these senses, and the diagnoses and treatments of them.
http://www.entnet.org/healthinfo/topics/smell_taste.cfm
Sensory, biological, and chemical aspects of how tastes, smells, and pheromones are received and perceived. Includes a comprehensive index of scientific abstracts.
http://www.csa.com/crw/home.html
A basic introduction to smell and taste disorders.
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov
Our Taste and Smell Clinic uses a multidisciplinary approach to determine the etiology of a patient's taste and smell disorder. University of Connecticut Health Center.
http://www.uchc.edu/uconntasteandsmell/
Located in the Department of Psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina USA. Research spans the range from clinical to molecular investigations of the senses of taste and smell.
http://www.duke.edu/web/tasteandsmell/index.htm
Database devoted to olfactory receptors.
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SenseLab Home Project is a long term effort to build integrated, multidisciplinary models of neurons and neural systems, using the olfactory pathway as a model. This is one of a number of projects funded as part of the Human Brain Project whose...