Olfaction is one of the most elusive of the human senses. It sustains life by enabling several critical functions, such as our ability to locate and select food, our choice of mates, influencing ...

“The study of human olfaction has historically lagged that of vision and hearing, because as humans we think of ourselves as ...

The olfactory system is the sensory system that is responsible for the sense of smell (olfaction). It receives, processes and interprets odour information. Hernandez-Trejo, Ciuparu, and Garcia da ...

For the experiments, a human olfactory receptor (hOR1A1) was immobilized on a gold surface with an antibody to ensure its orientation and improve the sensitivity of the measurements.