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·November 5, 2021·5 min read

Flame Retardants Cause Brain Changes in Mice Offspring

Female mice exposed to PBDEs, a type of flame-retardant found on everyday household items, pass on the chemicals to their developing offspring. In female offspring, this can cause alterations in social memories and behaviors which are reminiscent of human compulsive behaviors associated with autism.

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·November 9, 2015·4 min read

Foods That Are More or Less Delicious Than We Expect Can Cause Mood Changes

A new study reports that being pleasantly surprised or disappointed with a certain food product can change a person's mood.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 29, 2015·3 min read

Fossil Skull Reveals New Insight into Penguin Brain Evolution

Fossil finding shed light on the changes in penguin brains that accompanied their transition to water, a new study reports.

Featured Neuroscience

·October 3, 2021·4 min read

Fruit Flies React to Smells While Asleep

Study reveals how the drosophila brain subconsciously processes salient information, such as odors, that require interpretation while asleep.

Featured Neuroscience

·March 31, 2011·4 min read

Fruit Fly’s Response to Starvation Could Help Control Human Appetites

Biologists at UC San Diego have identified the molecular mechanisms triggered by starvation in fruit flies that enhance the nervous...

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·February 23, 2022·6 min read

Gene Allowing Humans to Feel Touch May Play a Role in Sense of Smell

A gene commonly associated with the sense of touch may also play an important role in the sense of smell, researchers report.

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·January 3, 2022·4 min read

Gene Involved in Sense of Smell Could Play a Role in the Spread of Breast Cancer to the Brain

Inhibition of the OR5B21 olfactory receptor gene significantly decreased the metastasis of breast cancer cells to the brain, lungs, and bones, researchers report.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·January 9, 2019·5 min read

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.

Featured Genetics

·May 29, 2013·3 min read

Genetic Engineering Alters Mosquitoes’ Sense of Smell

In one of the first successful attempts at genetically engineering mosquitoes, HHMI researchers have altered the way the insects respond to odors, including the smell of humans and the insect repellant DEET.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·April 25, 2017·4 min read

Genetics and Environment Combine to Give Everyone a Unique Sense of Smell

Experience and genetics give us all our unique sense of smell, a new study reports.

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·December 12, 2018·3 min read

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.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·July 25, 2019·4 min read

Hit your head, lose your sense of smell

Over 50% of patients with mild traumatic brain injury reported their sense of smell was diminished following concussion. The effect does not appear to be long term.

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