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Olfactory transduction
Olfactory transduction
is the
sensory transduction
of the
olfactory system
. It is a series of events in which odor molecules are detected by the
olfactory receptors
(in
olfactory mucosa
or insect antennae) and chemical signals are
transformed into electrical signals
to the brain where they are perceived as
smells
.
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