New Insight on How the Nose Adapts to Smells
A new study sheds light on how our sense of smell is affected by the decrease of neurons in our noses as we age.... Read More...
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Smell of Food Controls Cellular Recycling and Affects Life Expectancy
Researchers have identified the influence food odors have on proteostasis.... Read More...
Fighting the Craving for Fattening Foods? Just Surround Yourself In Its Scent
According to researchers, the ambient scent of foods can help to reduce cravings and satisfy the appetite.... Read More...
Genes on the Move Help Nose Make Sense of Scents
A new study sheds light on the ingenious mechanism that underlies the brain's ability to distinguish between different smells.... Read More...
Gut Hormone Increases Response to Food
Researchers discover activity in brain regions involved in reward response from dopamine was higher in subjects injected with the hormone ghrelin, but only when responding to images associated with food smells. The study reports ghrelin controls the extent to which the brain associates reward with food odors.... Read More...
Seeing and Smelling Food Prepares the Liver for Digestion: Mouse Study
Researchers say the sight and smell of food alone may be enough to prompt the liver to start the processes that help digest food.... Read More...
Key Differences in Brains of Women and Men with Schizophrenia
Researchers have identified key differences between the way males and females with schizophrenia process the emotional states of others than those without the condition. The study reports those with schizophrenia use less complex brain regions than healthy controls to process other people's emotions.... Read More...
Smell and Behavior: The Scents of Taking Action
Researchers report an inhibitory circuit which releases GABA into the olfactory bulb modulates behavioral responses to odors in lampreys.... Read More...
Smell of Lavender is Relaxing and Could Help Treat Anxiety
According to researchers, the scent of lavender is not only relaxing, the active compound, linalool, may help to treat anxiety disorders.... Read More...
The Scent of a Woman
University of Bern researchers report that reproductive hormones don't only regulate fertility, they also are related to how attractive a woman smells to the opposite sex.... Read More...
What’s That Smell? A New Way of Understanding Odors
Researchers have been able to map odor molecules based on how often they occur in nature with the help of mathematical modeling.... Read More...
That Stinks! 1 in 15 People Smell Odors that Aren’t There
A new study reveals 1 in 15 Americans over the age of 40 experience phantom odor perception.... Read More...