At the olfactory epithelium, the nepetalactone binds to one or more olfactory receptors where it probably mimics a cat pheromone, such as the hypothetical "feline facial pheromone" or the cat urine odorant MMB.
The nepetalactone binds to one or more olfactory receptors. This is such as the hypothetical "feline facial pheromone" or the cat urine odorant MMB. This is at the olfactory epithelium. It probably mimics a cat pheromone.