The biology of odors
Subtitle: sources, olfaction, and response
By: editors, Logan E. Weiss and Jason M. Atwood
Series: Biochemistry research trends; Biochemistry research trends series
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Hauppauge, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9781611229523
Subjects: Olfactory Perception; Olfaction Disorders; Smell disorders; Smell; Odors; Physiology; Physiological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Psychophysical, neurophysiological and neurobiological investigation of olfactory process in humans : olfactory impairment in some neuropsychiatric disorders / Boriana Atanasova, Nadia Hernandez, Petra van Nieuwenhuijzen, Karl Mondon, Catherine Belzung, INSERM, Université François Rabelais, Tours, France; title: The perception of odor quality as stimulus concentration changes : constancy and process dissociation in olfaction / Richard J. Stevenson, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Australia; title: The human nose as a detector : importance to wine aroma study / Goreti Botelho, Maria Cristina Clímaco, Departamento de Ciência e Tecnologia Alimentar, Escola Superior Agrária do Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Bencanta, Coimbra, Portugal, and others; title: Odorant compounds of aged wine brandies : the wooden barrel role / Ilda Caldeira, R. Bruno de Sousa, A. Pedro Belchior, M. Cristina Clímaco, INIA-Dois Portos, Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biologicos I.P., Dois Portos, Portugal, and others; title: The biology of insect odors : sources and olfaction / Guntima Suwannapong, Mark Eric Benbow, Tambon Saensook, Amphur Muang, Chonburi, Thailand; title: Host location in parasitoids with active searching larvae : the case of Mallophora ruficauda / M.K. Castelo, J.E. Crespo, CONICET, Grupo de Investigación en Ecofisiología de Parasitoides (GIEP), Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina; title: Odors in the context of animal navigation / Paulo Esteves Jorge, Biological Sciences Department, Virginia Tech, Derring Hall, Virginia, and others; title: Pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus) chemical signals : marking behavior and cutaneous glands secretion / Carmen Rossini, Solana González-Pensado, Matías Villagrán, Rodolfo Ungerfeld, Laboratorio de Ecología Química, Facultad de Química, Montevideo, Uruguay, and others; title: Mechanisms of olfactory imprinting and homing in Pacific salmon / Yuzo Yamamoto, Hiroshi Bandoh, Deuk-Hee Jin, Hiroshi Ueda, Laboratory of Aquatic Bioresources and Environment, Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, and others; title: Breathing for olfaction and emotions / Yuri Masaoka, Ikuo Homma, Department of Physiology, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; title: Social and psychological influence of odors : a bio-cultural perspective / Arnaud Aubert, INRA URH, Saint Genès Champanelle, France; title: Preputial gland : a potent source in rodents / Govindaraju Archunan, Ponnirul Ponmanickam, Center for Pheromone Technology, Department of Animal Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India; title: Role of plant odors to herbivore and carnivorous insects / Jose Maurico Simoes Bento, Maria Fernanda Gomes Villalba Penaflor, Laboratory of Chemical Ecology and Insect Behavior, Department of Entomology and Acarology, Escola Superior de Agricultura, Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil; title: The olfactory network : insights from functional neuroimaging / U. Habel, C. Moessnang, M. Wiesmann, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, and others; title: Postharvest odor development and degradation in vegetables / Artemio Z. Tulio, Jr., Yoshinori Ueda, Yoshihiro Imahori, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Summit-Argo, Illinois, and others; title: Environmental odorants and irritants and their health consequences / Linus Andersson, Anna-Sara Claeson, Steven Nordin, Department of Psychology, Umea University, Sweden; title: Sex differences in behavioral responses to predatory odors in laboratory rats : potential role of hypothalmic nuclei / Tara Perrot, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Institute, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; title: Chemistry and biochemistry of odors / Prasad S. Variyar, Suchandra Chatterjee, Arun Sharma, Food Technology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India; title: Beyond biology : the acquisition of odor hedonics through associative learning / Gesualdo M. Zucco, Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Psychology, University of Padova.