«It's the generally accepted number,» says HHMI investigator Leslie Vosshall, who
studies olfaction at the Rockefeller University.
«This is really a breakthrough,» says Randolf Menzel of the Free University of Berlin, who
studies olfaction in honeybees.
Not exact matches
Sense of Smell «There are only five known tastes,» says Hiroaki Matsunami, a professor
studying the genetics of
olfaction in the microbiology department at Duke University.
Our animal ancestors used their noses way more than we do in modern society, says Jessica Freiherr, a neuroscientist at RWTH Aachen University, in Germany, and the author of several
studies on human
olfaction.
He would also like to see more
studies that directly compare
olfaction testing with costly and invasive procedures such as brain scans and spinal taps.
Studies seeking subtle signs of selection in the DNA of humans and other primates have identified dozens of genes, in particular those involved in host - pathogen interactions, reproduction, sensory systems such as
olfaction and taste, and more.
Jim and I plan to test this hypothesis by
studying the mathematical properties that emerge during computer simulations of the neurology of
olfaction.
Andrea Rothman was a postdoctoral fellow and research associate at the Rockefeller University in New York, where she
studied the neurobiology of
olfaction; she is a fiction writer and an editor for the journal Hunger Mountain, and her first novel, set in a research lab, is under contract with Janklow & Nesbit Literary Agency.
Furthering the understanding of
olfaction, prevalence of loss of smell and risk factors: a population - based survey (OLFACAT
study)