Olfactory perception plays an important role in food flavor. Humans have around 400 odorant receptors (ORs), which can be activated by an enormous number of odorants in a combinatorial fashion. To date, only a few odorant ...

We performed a study on a sample of 856 individuals to answer whether the pleasantness/unpleasantness of the odor perception of their partners (rating of partner odor) is associated with depression and anxiety. To evaluate ...

Vertebrate olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) exhibit odor-induced increases in action potential firing rate due to an excitatory cAMP-dependent current. Fish and amphibian ORNs also give inhibitory odor responses, manifested ...

A family of G-protein-coupled receptors is believed to mediate the recognition of odor molecules. In order to identify potential ligand-binding residues, we have applied correlated mutation analysis to receptor sequences ...

Multicellular organisms undergo programmed cell death (PCD) as a mechanism for tissue remodeling during development and tissue renewal throughout adult life. Overdose of some neuronal receptor agonists like glutamate can ...

Áreas residenciais cada vez mais próximas as estações de tratamento de esgotos (ETE) trazem reclamações acerca das emissões odorantes e expõem seus impactos na população. A intensidade e o espalhamento dos odores decorrentes ...

Odor transduction takes place in the cilia of olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) of the olfactory epithelium, where they are surrounded by sustentacular cells (SCs) and covered by a mucus layer. Upon odorant binding, an odor ...