Closely related subtypes of dopamine-releasing neurons may play entirely separate roles in processing sensory information, depending on their physical structure. New research from the Institute of ...

How fast is the sense of smell? Researcher found that the olfactory bulb identifies odors in 50ms, using temporal filtering ...

The human sense of smell connects directly to brain regions responsible for memory and cognitive function, making it a surprisingly accurate window into neurological health. As people age, changes in ...

Most of us take our senses for granted, at least until one of them stops working. But despite the usefulness of smell, sight, touch and the other senses, they took millions of years to work themselves ...

A recent study examining the lasting impacts of the coronavirus concluded that people living with long COVID who suffer from anosmia -- the loss of smell -- experienced a significant shift in brain ...

Losing your sense of smell might signal Alzheimer’s far earlier than expected. Scientists found that immune cells in the brain actively destroy smell-related nerve fibers after detecting abnormal ...

Mice make use of rapid nerve cell interactions in the brain's smell center to distinguish one odor from another, a new study ...

How smells impact your mental health, and the benefits of sniffing a flower for just 30 seconds.

Study reveals sugar triggers memory storage in the brain, offering clues to stress-related eating and learning processes.