The olfactory system is essential for most animals: it supports postnatal survival, detects environmental hazards and mediates emotional, social and nutritional behaviors.

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

Using computational and theoretical models shows how adult-neurogenesis and spike-timing-dependent plasticity balance the flexibility and stability of odor representations.

Using spatial transcriptomics and single-cell sequencing, researchers mapped out gene expression patterns in the neurons of ...

Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have discovered that pheromones essential for mating behavior in mice are recognized by the nose and not by the vomeronasal system, as researchers had long ...

A research team has, for the first time, identified at the cellular level why the olfactory system is the first to be damaged in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (dementia). The paper is ...

A research team recently invented a novel, wireless, skin-interfaced olfactory feedback system that can release various odours with miniaturized odor generators (OGs). The new technology integrates ...

Scents are not only processed by the olfactory center, but also by the brain’s reward and aversion systems, explaining how scents can take on meaning. “We already knew that there is a connection ...

All senses must reckon with the richness of the world, but nothing matches the challenge faced by the olfactory system that underlies our sense of smell. We need only three receptors in our eyes to ...

Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with nasal polyps exhibited significant improvement in olfactory function when treated with a combination of oral and nasal steroids vs nasal steroids alone.