Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Taste and Smell
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2025 | Viewed by 25
Special Issue Editors
Interests: olfaction; anosmia; hyposmia; stem cell biology; cell biology; cancer biology
Interests: translational medicine; drug discovery; public health; neural signaling and synaptic transmission in the central nervous system; functional organization of the olfactory and limbic system; cellular and network mechanisms of brain function and dysfunction studied with electrophysiological, optical, anatomical, and pharmacological methods
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After being on the relatively low spectrum of research interest, our sense of smell is now emerging at the forefront of science. It is the first sensory modality that is affected by aging, environment, epigenetic alterations, infections, onset of neurodegeneration, neurodevelopment, and perhaps many more yet to be identified modulators. It has always been closely related to our sense of taste. Many of the same factors affect both senses. However, in response to diverse factors, both these sensory modalities show a range of effect, implying one sense is affected more than the other one. Such trends indicate an intricate interplay of cellular and molecular pathways in development and maintenance of these modalities at various life stages. We invite your original research pertaining to these two modalities under diverse pathological conditions as well as your deep insight into the novel factors affecting them. Along with that, your developing views on factors or likely factors affecting the sense of taste and smell together or individually are welcome as review articles.
This Special Issue aims to cover :
- Original research on olfaction and gustationtogether or individually
- Factors/ pathological conditions affecting olfaction and gustation
- New developments in cellular/molecular/physiological pathways for the two senses
- Review articles on emerging trends affecting olfaction, gustation or both
- Review articles identifying less researched factors affecting the two senses
Dr. Naina Bhatia-Dey
Prof. Dr. Thomas Heinbockel
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- olfaction
- anosmia
- hyposmia
- ageusia
- dysgeusia
- gustation
- chemesthesis
- receptors
- chemosensory processing
- epigenome
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