Seven participants had electrodes temporarily implanted in a brain structure important for learning. While anesthetized, ...

Despite being one of our key senses, the molecular mechanisms of smell remain poorly understood. Mason Wakely sniffs out the ...

That musty smell could be more than just your old clothes, experts say.

The way that the sense of smell works is that olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) are wired up to olfactory receptors (ORs) in ...

The mouse was genetically modified to express green fluorescent protein in smell neurons. A small subset of dying neurons is ...

One person’s comforting scent, may be another’s grief. “Body odour can also reflect emotional states, such as stress and fear ...

Our olfactory system, which originated millions of years ago, evolved to detect small changes in the chemical composition of ...

Scientists know that smell depends on a vast library of receptors, each tuned to different odor molecules. But they could not ...

From financial woes to a declining sense of smell, issues that seem unrelated to memory can signal a dementia diagnosis in ...

Scientists have created the first detailed map of smell receptors, revealing the sense of smell is far more organized than ...

Up to 30% of people with migraines experience an aura phase, a sensation characterized by visual or sensory disturbances such as flashing lights, tingling sensations, and difficulty speaking. An aura ...

Scientists have finally cracked one of the biggest mysteries in the senses: how smell is organized. By mapping millions of neurons in mice, researchers discovered that smell receptors in the nose aren ...