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

We rely on smell more than most people may realize. Across mammals, scent guides feeding, warns of danger, and shapes social ...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). One of the symptoms of COVID-19 is olfactory dysfunction, which is the reduced or ...

An illustration of the olfactory bulb and epithelium. Top right: A pericyte (light orange) wraps around a blood vessel (red). Bottom right: Olfactory sensory neurons (light red, orange) surrounded by ...

Once a scent is detected, different areas of the brain are activated. A team has recently discovered that structures of the olfactory sense work closely together with the brain's reward and aversion ...

Some studies suggest up to 96% of COVID patients are affected. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, perhaps no symptom has been in the spotlight more than loss of smell. Estimates vary, but it's ...

A new study demonstrates that your sense of smell may be more sensitive than previously thought. Your nose may be more powerful than you think. In a single sniff, the human sense of smell can ...

It’s been over 2 years since the pandemic began, and COVID-19 still dominates small talk. Sharing personal experiences with the disease was also how the conversation started when Christine Kelly, who ...

Your nose’s superpower is thanks to a “superhighway” that leads directly into your brain. The olfactory system runs straight to the hippocampus, or your memory hub, whereas other sensory systems have ...