Sentences with phrase «how olfactory receptor»

More broadly, a better grasp of how olfactory receptor sensitivity depends on chemical structure could reveal universal secrets of receptor function, Firestein adds.

Together, the findings demonstrate that Ggamma13 is essential for mammals to smell odors and extend the current understanding of how olfactory receptor cells communicate information about odors to the brain.

Not exact matches

Future studies will seek to identify how Ggamma13 interacts with other molecules within the olfactory receptor.

The discovery of odor - detecting receptors in the fruit fly Drosophila may help scientists better understand how insects and eventually other animals process olfactory information and how odors...

Trimmer, a geneticist, studies how differences in olfactory receptor genes affect human smell perception.

While it is true that equipped with more than 220 million olfactory receptors a dog's nose would be the best equipped to lead the hunt, truth is, tracking smells is also the most tiring and exhausting way to hunt (ever seen how tired a dog is after practicing nose work?).