长久以来,嗅觉是人类五种官能中最高深莫测的一环。没有人理解为何人类能够辨别并记忆约1万种不同气味的基本原理。美国科学家琳达·巴克和理查德·阿克塞尔经过一系列关于人体气味受体和嗅觉系统组织方式研究,阐明了人类嗅觉系统是如何工作的。特授予2004年度诺贝尔生理学或医学奖。———瑞典卡罗林斯卡医学院 Smell has long been one of the most inscrutable aspects of humankind’s five functions. No one understands the rationale why humans can discern and remember about 10,000 different scents. American scientists Linda Buck and Richard Axel clarified how the human olfactory system works through a series of studies on the organization of human odorant receptors and the olfactory system. Special awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. --- Sweden Karolinska Institute of Medicine