Smell and Taste

Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS)
Association established to advance the understanding of chemosensory mechanisms by bringing to one forum the variety of different scientific disciplines currently being used to approach the chemical senses
http://www.achems.org/

The ChemoReception Web
Sensory, biological, and chemical aspects of how tastes, smells, and pheromones are received and perceived. Includes a comprehensive index of scientific abstracts.
http://md1.csa.com/crw/home.html

Chemosensory Perception Lab at UCSD- chemical senses research
The Chemosensory Perception Lab in the Department of Surgery at University of California, San Diego performs research on how people perceive chemicals and how chemicals exert short-term effects on people.
http://surgery.ucsd.edu/chemosensory/index.html

Human olfactory receptor repertoire
Olfactory receptor sequences that represent essentially the complete repertoire of functional human odorant receptors.
http://www.genomebiology.com/2001/2/6/research/0018/

Monell Chemical Senses Center
A scientific institute for multidisciplinary research on taste, smell and chemosensory irritation.
http://www.monell.org/

Nasal Dysfunction Clinic
Located at the University of California, San Diego.
http://health.ucsd.edu/specialties/surgery/otolaryngology/nasal/

Olfaction
Current understanding of the physiological basis for olfaction (sense of smell) and the possible molecular interactions that specify odorant signaling.
http://www.leffingwell.com/olfaction.htm

Olfaction: From Genome Mining to Molecular Recognition Statistics
Lecture on olfaction by Doron Lancet at UCSB
http://online.itp.ucsb.edu/online/infobio01/lancet1/

Representations of Olfactory Information in the Brain
Research article on olfaction (sense of smell).
http://www.hhmi.org/science/neurosci/axel.htm

Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center (RMTSC).
The Department of Otolaryngology, University of Colorado School of Medicine.
http://www.uchsc.edu/rmtsc/

The Sense of Scents, the Sense of Self
Smell and its interaction with the brain, and in particular the relationship between smell and memory.
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro98/202s98-paper3/Bresnan3.html

The Sense of Taste
Answers questions about the sense of taste.
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/T/Taste.html

SenseLab
Database devoted to olfactory receptors.
http://senselab.med.yale.edu/ORDB/default.asp

The Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation, Ltd.
Focused on working to better the understanding of and proactively utilize the body's senses. (Chicago, IL)
http://www.smellandtaste.org

Smell Research by Tim Jacob
A Professor at Cardiff University, Wales, this site lists information on his research and teaching interests. It includes information on brain activity related to smell, which may be of interest to anosmics.
http://www.cf.ac.uk/biosi/staff/jacob/index.html

Taste & Smell Disorders Clinic, Texas
Assessment and treatment of taste and smell disorders.
http://www.blkbox.com/~rdevere/tsdc/

The Taste and Smell Clinic
Located in Washington, D.C. Information about the clinic, diagnosis, treatment, FAQs, research and contact details.
http://www.tasteandsmell.com

UConn Taste and Smell Center
Our Taste and Smell Clinic uses a multidisciplinary approach to determine the etiology of a patient's taste and smell disorder. University of Connecticut Health Center.
http://www.uchc.edu/uconntasteandsmell/