Olfactory receptors (ORs), also known as odorant receptors, are chemoreceptors expressed in the cell membranes of olfactory receptor neurons and are responsible...
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An olfactory receptor neuron (ORN), also called an olfactory sensory neuron (OSN), is a sensory neuron within the olfactory system. Humans have between...
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Sense of smell (redirect from Olfactory)
binds to a receptor within the nasal cavity, transmitting a signal through the olfactory system. Glomeruli aggregate signals from these receptors and transmit...
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relating to the sense of smell. The afferent nerve fibers of the olfactory receptor neurons transmit nerve impulses about odors to the central nervous...
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input primarily from olfactory receptor neurons that express the same olfactory receptor. The glomeruli layer of the olfactory bulb is the first level...
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types: Olfactory sensory neurons Supporting cells Basal cells Brush cells The olfactory receptor neurons are sensory neurons of the olfactory epithelium...
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OR6A2 (category Olfactory receptors)
Olfactory receptor 6A2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR6A2 gene. It is Class II (tetrapod-specific) olfactory receptor and a rhodopsin-like...
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a process called sensory transduction. Olfactory neurons have cilia (tiny hairs) containing olfactory receptors that bind to odor molecules, causing an...
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pattern of olfactory deficits. An odorant is a physiochemical molecule that binds to a specific receptor protein. In mammals, each olfactory receptor protein...
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environment that bind receptors on the surface of cells called Olfactory Receptor Neurons (ORNs). ORNs are present in the olfactory epithelium which lines...
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Insect olfactory receptors (also known as odorant receptors, ORs) are expressed in the cell membranes of the olfactory sensory neurons of insects. Similarly...
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nasal cavity which contains bipolar neurons of the primary receptor neurons of the olfactory pathway, as well as supporting cells. The neurons' dendrites...
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Pheromone (redirect from Pheromone receptor)
expressed in the human olfactory epithelium. In humans and other animals, TAARs in the olfactory epithelium function as olfactory receptors that detect volatile...
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animals, trace amine-associated receptors (TAARs) that are expressed in the olfactory epithelium function as olfactory receptors that detect volatile amine...
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Retronasal smell (section Olfactory epithelium)
bind to sensory receptors, they do so in according to these properties. Each olfactory cell has a single type of receptor, but that receptor can be “broadly...
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Sense (section Olfactory system (smell))
membrane potential in the olfactory neurons. In the brain, olfaction is processed by the olfactory cortex. Olfactory receptor neurons in the nose differ...
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are integral to receiving stimuli in gases in the olfactory system through both olfactory receptor neurons and neurons in the vomeronasal organ. Direct...
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Evolution of olfaction (redirect from Evolution of the olfactory system)
molecules are detected by the olfactory receptors (hereafter OR) in the olfactory epithelium of the nasal cavity. Each receptor type is expressed within a...
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co-receptors. Functional characterization of an olfactory receptor expressed in olfactory neurons. Functional characterization of an olfactory receptor expressed...
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is also a receptor for thyronamines, decarboxylated and deiodinated relatives of thyroid hormones. TAAR2–TAAR9 function as olfactory receptors for volatile...
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Ectopic expression (section Olfactory receptor genes)
functions of ey. Olfactory receptor gene (OR) is normally expressed in human and mouse olfactory tissue with a main function as odorant receptor for the detection...
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Glomerulus (olfaction) (redirect from Olfactory glomerulus)
nose. A glomerulus is made up of a globular tangle of axons from the olfactory receptor neurons, and dendrites from the mitral and tufted cells, as well as...
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the olfactory system. She was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with Richard Axel, for their work on olfactory receptors. She...
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Dysosmia (category Olfactory system)
depression, and olfactory reference syndrome. The olfactory neuroepithelium, located in the roof of the nasal chambers, comprises bipolar receptor cells, supporting...
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Chemoreceptor (redirect from Chemical receptor)
[citation needed] Examples of distance chemoreceptors are: olfactory receptor neurons in the olfactory system: Olfaction involves the ability to detect chemicals...
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Insect olfaction (section Olfactory cascade)
demonstrated the olfactory role of ovipositor in fig wasps. Inside of these olfactory organs there are neurons called olfactory receptor neurons which,...
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sense of smell, is mediated by the olfactory nerve. The olfactory receptor (OR) cells are neurons present in the olfactory epithelium, which is a small patch...
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Sensory neuron (redirect from Phasic receptor)
exteroreceptors. Exteroreceptors include chemoreceptors such as olfactory receptors (smell) and taste receptors, photoreceptors (vision), thermoreceptors (temperature)...
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Docking theory of olfaction (category Olfactory system)
only 396 unique olfactory receptors and too many distinguishable smells for a one-to-one correlation between an odorant and a receptor. In a seminal paper...
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openings in the cribriform plate to close, pinching olfactory nerve fibers. A reduction in olfactory receptors, loss of blood flow, and thick nasal mucus can...
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