olfactory stimulus

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olfactory
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɒlˈfæk.tər.i/us
/ɑːlˈfæk.ter.i/
connected with the ability ...
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stimulus
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/us
/ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/
something that causes growth ...
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This evolutionarily ancient, momentary broadband coherence onolfactorystimulusrecognition appears to have been conserved in isocortical-motor circuits.
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Without a definite behavioural pattern, anolfactorystimulusexplanation is not needed.
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One treatment was the six short-chain aliphatic acids in an alcohol solution, theolfactorystimulus of interest, earlier referred to as 'synthetic hypothetical human female pheromone'.
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This corresponds with chemoreception (olfactorystimulustriggered by certain food chemicals), a trait found in actual species of leech.
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Volatile compounds in these secretions may also serve as anolfactorystimulusfor newborn appetite.
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Many scientists use the term olfactometer to refer to a device used to study insect behavior in presence of anolfactorystimulus.
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Bruchids appear to make use of olfactory stimuli in host location.
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The penultimate stage involves the processing of olfactory stimuli.
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Responses to the same olfactory stimuli after 5 days of sugar-feeding and maturation served as a comparison.
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The significance of olfactory stimuli in lepidopteran species is assumed to reflect their level of host specialization.
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Amongst the aphidophagous syrphids, there is a dichotomy in behavioural responses to olfactory stimuli.
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In fact, females housed away from olfactory stimuli from the reproductive female, but with their brothers, failed to ovulate until they encountered a novel male.
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As described earlier, all subjects had been evaluated at 4 months of age with a battery that contained auditory, visual, and olfactory stimuli.
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These studies measured the numbers and behaviour of tsetse attracted to cattle or warthog placed within an incomplete ring of nets, and thus visual and olfactory stimuli were present.
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Other possibilities were tactile and olfactory stimuli.
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If the symptoms did not occur in the morning, they would be triggered by strong olfactory stimuli or by loud noises.
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Further, stimuli transmitted to the limbic system can not be consciously blocked and all olfactory stimuli therefore influence our emotions.
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A potential problem with this measure involves the generation of verbal labels that may enhance memory for olfactory stimuli.
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The amygdala participates in the hedonic or emotional processing of olfactory stimuli.
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In insects, dopamine increases aversion learning for olfactory stimuli as well as visual stimuli, and reduces approach learning for stimuli that are followed by rewards.
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