Phantosmia is a smell disorder that is sometimes linked to neurological conditions like stroke A doctor explains the ...

Although olfactory receptor-based sensors are very sensitive, detecting concentrations down to the femtomolar level—parts per ...

The olfactory system is important for life quality. ... Via long nerve processes, the mitral cells send the information to several parts of the brain.

Accurate taste perception relies on a properly functioning olfactory system Date: December 29, 2009 Source: Brandeis University Summary: As anyone suffering through a head cold knows, food tastes ...

The primary olfactory cortex in humans evolved without re-routing functional connectivity between the brain's "memory hub" (i.e., hippocampus) and smell system, new research suggests.

Your olfactory nerve has a vital role in your nervous system. If that nerve becomes damaged, it creates a lot of consequences for other parts of your head and nose. Keeping your olfactory nerve ...

Finally, the authors investigated the relative importance of temporal- versus rate-coding in different parts of the olfactory system. A decoding analysis showed that in the olfactory bulb, the ...

The system detects smell by processing the tiny odor molecules that waft off of various objects, such as baking bread or a bouquet of flowers. Those molecules stimulate olfactory nerves, and the ...