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The smell of adrenaline

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Adrenaline modulates signaling by the olfactory epithelium. A new study suggests that this effect may result from channel phosphorylation in olfactory receptor neurons.

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Figure 1: The major signaling pathways in olfactory receptor neurons.

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

    Stuart Firestein

  2. Instituto di Cibernetica e Biofisica, CNR, Genova, Italy

    Anna Menini

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Firestein, S., Menini, A. The smell of adrenaline. Nat Neurosci 2, 106–108 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/5661

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