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transmitting a
signal through the
olfactory system.
Glomeruli aggregate signals from
these receptors and
transmit them to the
olfactory bulb,
where the sensory...
- The
olfactory bulb (Latin:
bulbus olfactorius) is a
neural structure of the
vertebrate forebrain involved in olfaction, the
sense of smell. It
sends olfactory...
- Most
mammals and
reptiles have a main
olfactory system and an
accessory olfactory system. The main
olfactory system detects airborne substances, while...
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Olfactory memory refers to the
recollection of odors.
Studies have
found various characteristics of
common memories of odor
memory including persistence...
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Olfactory receptors (ORs), also
known as
odorant receptors, are
chemoreceptors expressed in the cell
membranes of
olfactory receptor neurons and are responsible...
- The wolf (Canis lupus; pl.: wolves), also
known as the grey wolf or gray wolf, is a
canine native to
Eurasia and
North America. More than
thirty subspecies...
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Olfactory fatigue, also
known as odor fatigue, odor habituation,
olfactory adaptation, or noseblindness, is the temporary,
normal inability to distinguish...
- The
olfactory epithelium is a
specialized epithelial tissue inside the
nasal cavity that is
involved in smell. In humans, it
measures 5 cm2 (0.78 sq in)...
- The
olfactory nerve, also
known as the
first cranial nerve,
cranial nerve I, or
simply CN I, is a
cranial nerve that
contains sensory nerve fibers relating...
- The
olfactory tract (
olfactory peduncle or
olfactory stalk) is a
bilateral bundle of
afferent nerve fibers from the
mitral and
tufted cells of the olfactory...
