- The
sense of smell, or
olfaction, is the
special sense through which smells (or odors) are perceived. The
sense of
smell has many functions, including...
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nature of
glomerulus coding. One of the most
distinctive features of fish
olfaction is that it
takes place entirely in the
aquatic environment. The carrier...
- to the more
widely accepted docking theory of
olfaction (formerly
termed the
shape theory of
olfaction),
which proposes that a molecule's
smell character...
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olfactory system, is the
sensory system used for the
sense of
smell (
olfaction).
Olfaction is one of the
special senses directly ****ociated with
specific organs...
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Insect olfaction refers to the
function of
chemical receptors that
enable insects to
detect and
identify volatile compounds for foraging,
predator avoidance...
- Ian M.; Fullard, Mic****e E.; Morley,
James F.; Duda, John E. (2021), "
Olfaction as an
early marker of Parkinson's
disease and Alzheimer's disease", Handbook...
- in the
development and
validation of
practical quantitative tests of
olfaction,
including the
University of
Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT)...
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predictable changes in
health and behavior.
Dental disease and loss of
olfaction are
common as cats age,
affecting eating habits.
Arthritis and sarcopenia...
- The
docking theory of
olfaction proposes that the
smell of an
odorant molecule is due to a
range of weak non-covalent
interactions between the odorant...
- from
which they
directly connect to the
olfactory bulb in the brain.
Olfaction is
essential for
survival in most vertebrates; however, the
degree to...
