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Is this in any way support for the "Vibration theory of olfaction"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibration_theory_of_olfaction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V
by shoto_io 5y ago
Is this in any way support for the "Vibration theory of olfaction"?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibration_theory_of_olfaction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibration_theory_of_olfaction
- beebeepka 5y agoThanks to your link, I discovered this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docking_theory_of_olfaction https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docking_theory_of_olfaction Had no idea it's just a theory. I've lived many years "knowing" that we detect smells due to their shapes.
- Duller-Finite 5y agoThis paper is the first structure of any odorant receptor-ligand interaction. There's currently no equivalent structure for mammalian odorant receptors to validate the docking theory, but it's likely correct.
- dr_dshiv 5y agoI'm dying because there is some mid 1800s theory of smell that uses vibration and harmony, metaphorically, and I can't find it. But while searching, I came across this: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-21150046 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-21150046