Olfaction

A large-scale analysis of ORNs vs. odorants1. Spatial representation of odors in insect brain2.

Olfactory perception -> olfactory neural map3?

Odor threshold refers the minimum concentration that human beings can detect the odor. There is also a computational method to estimate the threshold value from chemical structure4.

Databases

References


  1. Nara, K.; Saraiva, L. R.; Ye, X.; Buck, L. B. (2011). “A Large-Scale Analysis of Odor Coding in the Olfactory Epithelium”. Journal of Neuroscience 31 (25): 9179–9191. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1282-11.2011. ISSN 0270-6474. 

  2. Knaden, Markus; Strutz, Antonia; Ahsan, Jawaid; Sachse, Silke; Hansson, Bill S. (2012). “Spatial Representation of Odorant Valence in an Insect Brain”. Cell Reports 1 (4): 392–399. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2012.03.002. ISSN 22111247. 

  3. Arzi, Anat; Sobel, Noam (2011). “Olfactory perception as a compass for olfactory neural maps”. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 15 (11): 537–545. doi:10.1016/j.tics.2011.09.007. ISSN 13646613. 

  4. Abraham, M. H.; Sanchez-Moreno, R.; Cometto-Muniz, J. E.; Cain, W. S. (2011). “An Algorithm for 353 Odor Detection Thresholds in Humans”. Chemical Senses 37 (3): 207–218. doi:10.1093/chemse/bjr094. ISSN 0379-864X.