Smelling monomolecular odors hardly ever occurs in everyday life, and the daily functioning
of the sense of smell relies primarily on the processing of complex mixtures of volatiles that …

Highlights•Mammalian ORs undergo rapid evolution at the primary sequence and functional
levels.•Functional differences are more frequently observed among OR paralogs than …

The perception of odours is the result of the complex processing of a signal, which initiates
at peripheral receptors and ends in the brain. Along this pathway, olfactory signal …

While philosophers of perception develop representational theories of olfactory experiences,
there are doubts regarding whether features of olfactory perception can be accommodated …

Protein experiment evidence at protein level from mass spectrometry and antibody
experiments are essential to characterize the human proteome. neXtProt (2014-09 release) …

In this chapter we concentrate on human olfaction, asking what the study of human olfaction
has taught us about mammalian olfaction in general, and what it has shown as uniquely …

The thrilling story of how our senses evolved and how they shape our encounters with the
world Our senses are what make life worth living. They allow us to appreciate a sip of an ice …

In mammals, the perception of smell starts with the activation of odorant receptors (ORs) by
volatile molecules in the environment. Mammalian genomes typically encode large numbers …