Abstract :
[en] The olfactory sense is the dominant sensory perception for many animals. When Richard Axel and Linda Buck received in 2004 the Nobel Prize for discovering the G-protein coupled receptors role in olfactory cells, it highlighted the importance of olfaction to scientific community. Several theories tried to explain how cells are able to distinguish such a wide variety of odorant molecules in a complex context in which enantiomers can result in completely different perceptions and structurally different molecules in the same one. Moreover, sex, age, cultural origin and individual differences contribute to odor perception variations that complicate the picture. Recent advances in olfaction theory will be presented and future trends in human olfaction like structure-based odor prediction or artificial sniffing will be discussed at the frontiers of chemistry, physiology, neurobiology and machine learning.
Name of the research project :
European Hub on New Challenges in the Field of Essentials Oils (EOHUB)
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