- Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS)
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
http://www.achems.org/
- Chemosensory Perception Lab at UCSD- chemical senses research
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.
http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/chemosensorylab//
- Duke University - Taste and Smell Lab
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.
http://www.duke.edu/web/tasteandsmell/index.htm
- Human olfactory receptor repertoire
Olfactory receptor sequences that represent essentially the complete repertoire of functional human odorant receptors.
http://www.genomebiology.com/2001/2/6/research/0018/
- Monell Chemical Senses Center
A scientific institute for multidisciplinary research on taste, smell and chemosensory irritation.
http://www.monell.org/
- Nasal Dysfunction Clinic
Located at the University of California, San Diego.
http://www-surgery.ucsd.edu/ent/DAVIDSON/NDC/booklet.htm
- Olfaction
Current understanding of the physiological basis for olfaction (sense of smell) and the possible molecular interactions that specify odorant signaling.
http://www.leffingwell.com/olfaction.htm
- Olfactory Receptors
The Human Olfactory Receptor Data Exploratorium; information on the OR proteins, their structure, function and evolution. A set of analysis tools is provided.
http://bioinformatics.weizmann.ac.il/HORDE/
- Scientific American: Making Sense of Taste
Analysis of how cells on the tongue register the sensations of sweet, salty, sour and bitter, and how the brain interprets these signals as various tastes.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000641D5-F855-1C70-84A9809EC588EF21
- SenseLab
Database devoted to olfactory receptors.
http://senselab.med.yale.edu/senselab/
- Smell and Taste Disorders
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.
http://www.entnet.org/smelltaste.html
- Smell and Taste Disorders
The Merck Manual takes an extensive look at discussion on diagnosis and treatment.
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual_home/sec6/72.htm
- Smell and Taste Disorders
Provides an overview about how smell and taste work, the main causes of disorders of these senses, and the diagnoses and treatments of them.
http://www.entnet.org/healthinfo/topics/smell_taste.cfm
- Smell Research by Tim 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.
http://www.cf.ac.uk/uwcc/momed/jacob/smellmnu.html
- Taste and Smell Loss: Risk for Disease?
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.
http://obssr.od.nih.gov/Publications/TASTE.HTM
- The ChemoReception Web
Sensory, biological, and chemical aspects of how tastes, smells, and pheromones are received and perceived. Includes a comprehensive index of scientific abstracts.
http://www.csa.com/crw/home.html
- The Sense of Scents, the Sense of Self
Smell and its interaction with the brain, and in particular the relationship between smell and memory.
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro98/202s98-paper3/Bresnan3.html
- The Sense of Taste
Answers questions about the sense of taste.
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/T/Taste.html
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