"Smell" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The ability to detect scents or odors, such as the function of OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS.
| Descriptor ID |
D012903
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F02.830.816.643 G11.561.790.643
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| Concept/Terms |
Smell- Smell
- Sense of Smell
- Smell Sense
- Olfaction
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Smell" by people in Profiles.
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Genome-Wide Association Analysis of the Sense of Smell in U.S. Older Adults: Identification of Novel Risk Loci in African-Americans and European-Americans. Mol Neurobiol. 2017 Dec; 54(10):8021-8032.
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Extensive versus functional endoscopic sinus surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps and asthma: A 1-year study. Am J Rhinol Allergy. 2016 Mar-Apr; 30(2):143-8.
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Genome-wide Meta-analysis on the Sense of Smell Among US Older Adults. Medicine (Baltimore). 2015 Nov; 94(47):e1892.
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A polysomnographic study of sleep disturbance in community elderly with self-reported environmental chemical odor intolerance. Biol Psychiatry. 1996 Jul 15; 40(2):123-33.
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Slowed reaction time performance on a divided attention task in elderly with environmental chemical odor intolerance. Int J Neurosci. 1996 Feb; 84(1-4):127-34.