Human Olfactory Receptor

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• Olfactory receptor — Olfactory receptors expressed in the cell membranes of olfactory receptor neurons are responsible for the detection of odor molecules. Activated olfactory receptors are the initial player in a signal transduction cascade which ultimately produces …   Wikipedia

• olfactory receptor — ▪ anatomy also called  smell receptor         protein capable of binding odour molecules that plays a central role in the sense of smell (olfaction). These receptors (receptor) are common to arthropods (arthropod), terrestrial vertebrates… …   Universalium

• Olfactory memory — refers to the recollection of odours. Studies have found various characteristics of common memories of odour memory including persistence and high resistance to interference. Explicit memory is typically the form focused on in the studies of… …   Wikipedia

• Olfactory system — The olfactory system is the sensory system used for olfaction, or the sense of smell. Most mammals and reptiles have two distinct parts to their olfactory system: a main olfactory system and an accessory olfactory system. The main olfactory… …   Wikipedia

• Olfactory sulcus — Brain: Olfactory sulcus Orbital surface of left frontal lobe. (Olfactory sulcus visible at upper left.) …   Wikipedia

• Olfactory bulb — Brain: Olfactory bulb Vesalius Fabrica, 1543. Olfactory Bulbs and Olfactory tracts outlined in red …   Wikipedia

• Olfactory nerve — Nerve: Olfactory nerve The Olfactory Nerve …   Wikipedia

• Receptor (biochemistry) — For other uses, see Receptor (disambiguation). In biochemistry, a receptor is a molecule found on the surface of a cell, which receives specific chemical signals from neighbouring cells or the wider environment within an organism. These signals… …   Wikipedia

• Olfactory trigone — Brain: Olfactory trigone Scheme of rhinencephalon. (Olfactory trigone not labeled, but region is visible at bottom left, between anterior perforated substance and olfactory tract.) …   Wikipedia

• Olfactory bulb mitral cell — Neuron: Mitral Cell Coronal section of olfactory bulb …   Wikipedia

• Human genome — The human genome is the genome of Homo sapiens , which is stored on 23 chromosome pairs. Twenty two of these are autosomal chromosome pairs, while the remaining pair is sex determining. The haploid human genome occupies a total of just over 3… …   Wikipedia