- 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.
- Monell Chemical Senses Center - http://www.monell.org/
A scientific institute for multidisciplinary research on taste, smell and chemosensory irritation.
- Olfactory Receptors - http://bioinformatics.weizmann.ac.il/HORDE/
The Human Olfactory Receptor Data Exploratorium; information on the OR proteins, their structure, function and evolution. A set of analysis tools is provided.
- Chemosensory Perception Lab at UCSD- chemical senses research - http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/chemosensorylab//
The Chemosensory Perception Lab in the Department of Surgery at University of California, San Diego performs research on how people perceive chemicals and how chemicals exert short-term effects on people.
- Nasal Dysfunction Clinic - http://www-surgery.ucsd.edu/ent/DAVIDSON/NDC/booklet.htm
Located at the University of California, San Diego.
- 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.
- Smell Research by Tim Jacob - http://www.cf.ac.uk/uwcc/momed/jacob/smellmnu.html
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.
- Smell and Taste Disorders - http://www.entnet.org/smelltaste.html
A discussion as to how smell and taste works, the four basic tastes, what causes the disorders, diagnosing and a discussion on whether they can be treated.
- Smell and Taste Disorders - http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual_home/sec6/72.htm
The Merck Manual takes an extensive look at discussion on diagnosis and treatment.
- 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
- Taste and Smell Loss: Risk for Disease? - http://obssr.od.nih.gov/Publications/TASTE.HTM
A reduced, distorted, or lost sense of taste or smell represent serious risk factors for heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and other illnesses that require adherence to specific dietary regimens.
- 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.
- The Sense of Taste - http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/T/Taste.html
Answers questions about the sense of taste.
- SenseLab - http://senselab.med.yale.edu/senselab/
Database devoted to olfactory receptors.
- Smell and Taste Disorders - http://www.entnet.org/healthinfo/topics/smell_taste.cfm
Provides an overview about how smell and taste work, the main causes of disorders of these senses, and the diagnoses and treatments of them.
- The ChemoReception Web - http://www.csa.com/crw/home.html
Sensory, biological, and chemical aspects of how tastes, smells, and pheromones are received and perceived. Includes a comprehensive index of scientific abstracts.
- UConn Taste and Smell Center - http://www.uchc.edu/uconntasteandsmell/
Our Taste and Smell Clinic uses a multidisciplinary approach to determine the etiology of a patient's taste and smell disorder. University of Connecticut Health Center.
- Duke University - Taste and Smell Lab - http://www.duke.edu/web/tasteandsmell/index.htm
Located in the Department of Psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina USA. Research spans the range from clinical to molecular investigations of the senses of taste and smell.
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