Using fruit flies, researchers discover how the brain integrates multiple signals to identify unique smells.
Researchers discover as much as 30% of the larger array of human olfactory receptors differ between individuals.
Researchers explore the triggers for specific odor receptors and find no two people smell things the same way.
Researchers discover odor receptors in the lungs.
CA2, a small region of the hippocampus, is essential for social learning, a new study reports.
Researchers discover a key to forming distinct associative memories lies in how information from the senses is encoded in the brain.
A new study reports rats brains could remember odors experienced while the animal was under general anesthetic.
Researchers tested people's abilities to distinguish between complex mixtures of scents. Based on the results, the researchers calculated humans can detected more than 1 trillion odor mixtures.
Researchers discover the fundamental wiring of the olfactory system in mice sets up shortly after birth and remains stable but adaptable.
Researchers report nematodes can suppress their ability to locate food in favor of finding a mate.
The lateral horn has been identified as the processing center for behaviorally relevant odor information, a new study reports.
A new study reports olfactory bulb neurons in rats use linear summation to make sense of fluctuating odor inputs.
