olfactory receptor

基本解釋

Previously, scientists have used frog eggs to study the olfactory receptors of moths, honeybees and fruit flies.
在此之前，科學(xué)家們已經(jīng)利用青蛙卵研究了飛蛾、蜜蜂和果蠅的嗅覺感受器。
From the ten microbial odors previously discovered nine elicited responses from all three olfactory receptors on the mouthparts and 5 of them inhibited the CO2 response.
十種腳部細菌味中的九種能同時興奮這三種嗅覺神經(jīng)，其中五種使嗅覺神經(jīng)元對二氧化碳失去反應(yīng)。
In fact, Dowling says, a dog can have up to 225 million olfactory receptors in their nose -- the part of their brain devoted to scent is 40 times greater than that of a human.
事實上，據(jù)道林介紹，狗鼻子里的嗅覺感受器多達2.25億個——狗大腦中控制嗅覺的區(qū)域比人類的要大40 多倍。

In the geeky, fiercely competitive world of neurobiology, the identification of olfactory receptors was huge news.
FORBES: The Secrets of Scent
Another mystery the original discovery had left unsolved was this: How can humans, with only 350 olfactory receptors, distinguish 10, 000 or more odorants?
FORBES: Magazine Article
Working with rats, Axel and Buck pinpointed 1, 000 types of "olfactory receptors" located in the back of the nose, on a spot called the olfactory epithelium.
FORBES: Magazine Article