Science is perception: What can our sense of smell tell us about ourselves and the world around us?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1924, 2010, Pages 3491-3502

  Brookes, Jennifer C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electron tunnelling; Odorant; Olfaction; Olfactory receptor; Signal transduction; Swipe card

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; SPHERES;

GENERIC MECHANISM; HUMAN SENSORY; NEW THEORY; ODORANT; OLFACTION; OLFACTORY RECEPTORS; QUANTUM MECHANICAL; SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY; SCIENTIFIC TOOL; STATUS QUO; SWIPE CARD;

SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

HUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SMELLING;

HUMANS; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SMELL;

EID: 77955935227     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0117     Document Type: Review

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