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This document discusses odorant-receptor interactions and how they relate to odor perception. It summarizes two studies: 1) Testing the response of a human olfactory receptor, OR1D2, to various odorants and finding no direct correlation between receptor activation and perceived odor. 2) Examining specific anosmia to musk and amber compounds and finding no evidence of odor-specific anosmia, but rather impairment to specific molecules within those categories. The document concludes that simplistic "lock and k

Author

Wu Wei

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EN