Researchers have uncovered novel aspects of astrocyte function in olfactory, or smell, perception revealing changes in their gene expression patterns that turn these brain cells into a hub of ...

image: A pioneering investigation developed by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) alongside the University of Sussex and University College London, shows that olfactory stimuli combined with ...

A brain with a normal olfactory bulb on the left and a brain lacking the bulb on the right. Weizmann Institute of Science The way we perceive the world around us is super complex, but researchers seem ...

Through what they claim is the largest genome-wide association study (GWAS) of olfactory genes, researchers in Iceland have identified genetic variants that affect how people perceive the strength and ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba and their collaborators have conducted a comprehensive analysis of the olfactory ...

A recent study has described the first neural architecture capable of encoding the spatial location of odorants. A rose constitutes a three-dimensional arrangement of petals, leaves and a stem that ...

I was on a panel a few weeks ago and realized I forgot to turn off the oven. Utterly mortified, I told my Zoom attendees that I had to save my lasagna that was likely burning into a smoky crisp. One ...

The rose, the most cultivated ornamental plant in the world, is prized for its captivating fragrance. But what are the molecules responsible for its irresistible attraction to humans for millennia? In ...