Smell / Olfaction 

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2004 Nobel Prize

http://nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/2004/
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: Richard Axel, Columbia University, New York, NY; Linda B. Buck, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, WA; "for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system".

Some Science & Commerce in relation to Olfaction

http://chemconnections.org/organic/chem226/Labs/Smells/economist.html
 

Smell Database

http://chemconnections.org/Smells/index.html
The UC Berkeley Smell database. A searchable and indexed collection of odiferous molecules from MultiChem.

 

Olfaction: A Review

http://www.leffingwell.com/olfaction.htm

 

How do you smell?

http://www.pacsci.org/public/education/champions/smell2.html
Pacific Science Center, Seattle, Washington

 

Olfaction: A Tutorial

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/biosi/staff/jacob/teaching/sensory/olfact1.html

Student Papers courtesy of Prof.Vogt, Univ. of South Carolina

http://zebra.sc.edu/smell/projects.html Projects (1995): Smell Myths:
Uncovering the Stinkin' Truth, by Anne Kitchell, Sharon Lynn and Shiva Vafai
INCENSE: JUST BLOWIN' SMOKE!, by Animesh Sinha
Investigations into how salmon find their home stream, by Nitin Patel
Chemotaxis in Bacteria, by Marty Player Learning to Appreciate B.O., by Mary Lynch and Amy Coppler
Aging and Alzheimer's Disease: the onset of Anosmia, by James Poppy
Scent Marking: Wolves and Coyotes, by Cynthia Roberts
A View of the World of Perfume, by Shannon Karppinen

Perfume Creation, by Shawn Taylor

Smell Myths: Student Papers, Univ. of South Carolina

http://zebra.sc.edu/smell/ann/myth0.html
Anne Kitchell, Sharon Lynn and Shiva Vafai :
1. Do men and women differ in their capacity to detect odors?
2. Does olfactory acuity decline with age?
3. What role do odors play in the human menstrual cycle?
4. Do human menstrual odors act as attractants?
5. Can animals really smell fear?
6. Do members of different cultures have characteristic body odors?
7. Does smoking affect the sense of smell?
8. Do pregnant women experience a heightened sense of smell?
9. What role does hair color play in olfaction?
10. Do human pheromones exist?

Odor Data base
http://senselab.med.yale.edu/senselab/OdorDB/default.asp
Yale Unviversity Sense Lab.

The Vomeronasal Organ

http://www.neuro.fsu.edu/research/vomer.htm

Illustrations and description of function in smell.Department of Neuroscience, Florida State University.