What is so special about smell? Olfaction as a model system in neurobiology

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 1083, 2016, Pages 27-33

  Barwich, Ann Sophie ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; RHODOPSIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INELASTIC ELECTRON TUNNELLING SPECTROSCOPY; LIGAND BINDING; NEUROBIOLOGY; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY CORTEX; OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PARKINSON DISEASE; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SMELLING; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EDUCATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURON; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROBIOLOGY; ODORS; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 84949979655     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133249     Document Type: Review

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