Recently published work and emerging research efforts have suggested that the olfactory system is intimately linked with the endocrine systems that regulate or modify energy balance. Although much attention has been focused on the parallels between taste transduction and neuroendocrine controls of digestion due to the novel discovery of taste receptors and molecular components shared by the ton...

This report has been prepared by the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Task Force on Allergic Rhinitis (AR) comorbidities. The aim of this multidisciplinary European consensus document is to highlight the role of multimorbidities in the definition, classification, mechanisms, recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of AR, and to define the needs in this neglected area by a...

While philosophers of perception develop representational theories olfactory experiences, there are doubts regarding whether features can be accommodated within the representationalist framework. In particular, it is argued that function olfaction not to represent stimuli but rather evaluate it. The article claims major accounts have problems in accommodating evaluative aspects phenomenology. H...