Directory of Smell and Taste Resources

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For sites about the senses of smell (olfaction) and taste. Also acceptable in this category are sites of medical professionals that specialize in treating these senses. Sites specifically about anosmia (the loss or impairment of the sense of smell) should be submitted to the Anosmia subcategory.

Subcategories

• Anosmia

Resources in This Category

• Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS)

  http://www.achems.org/
  Association established to advance the understanding of chemosensory mechanisms by bringing to one forum the variety of different scientific disciplines currently being used to approach the chemical senses

• Human olfactory receptor repertoire

  http://www.genomebiology.com/2001/2/6/research/0018/
  Olfactory receptor sequences that represent essentially the complete repertoire of functional human odorant receptors.

• Monell Chemical Senses Center

  http://www.monell.org/
  A scientific institute for multidisciplinary research on taste, smell and chemosensory irritation.

• Olfaction

  http://www.leffingwell.com/olfaction.htm
  Current understanding of the physiological basis for olfaction (sense of smell) and the possible molecular interactions that specify odorant signaling.

• Olfaction: From Genome Mining to Molecular Recognition Statistics

  http://online.itp.ucsb.edu/online/infobio01/lancet1/
  Lecture on olfaction by Doron Lancet at UCSB

• Smell Research by Tim Jacob

  http://www.cf.ac.uk/biosi/staffinfo/jacob/
  A Professor at Cardiff University, Wales, this site lists information on his research and teaching interests. It includes information on brain activity related to smell, which may be of interest to anosmics.

• The Sense of Scents, the Sense of Self

  http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro98/202s98-paper3/Bresnan3.html
  Smell and its interaction with the brain, and in particular the relationship between smell and memory.

• The Sense of Taste

  http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/T/Taste.html
  Answers questions about the sense of taste.

• The Taste and Smell Clinic

  http://www.tasteandsmell.com/
  Located in Washington, D.C. Information about the clinic, diagnosis, treatment, FAQs, research and contact details.

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