期刊
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
卷 111, 期 -, 页码 19-29出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.01.009
关键词
Olfaction; Odor identity; Olfactory quality; Odor receptor; Odor plume
资金
- University of Nevada, Reno
- NIGMS of the National Institute of Health [P20 GM103650]
We are immersed within an odorous sea of chemical currents that we parse into individual odors with complex structures. Odors have been posited as determined by the structural relation between the molecules that compose the chemical compounds and their interactions with the receptor site. But, naturally occurring smells are parsed from gaseous odor plumes. To give a comprehensive account of the nature of odors the chemosciences must account for these large distributed entities as well. We offer a focused review of what is known about the perception of odor plumes for olfactory navigation and tracking, which we then connect to what is known about the role odorants play as properties of the plume in determining odor identity with respect to odor quality. We end by motivating our central claim that more research needs to be conducted on the role that odorants play within the odor plume in determining odor identity.
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