People with a poor sense of smell are 50% more likely to be hospitalized for pneumonia than those with a good sense of smell.
Study reveals how innate valence is encoded in the nervous system of mice.
A simple smell test could help doctors to identify which patients in a vegetative state will recover. 100% of patients in a vegetative state who reacted to the sniff test went on to regain consciousness. 91% of those were still alive three years post-injury.
Olfactory disturbances have wide-ranging implications for both the mental health and emotional well being of sufferers.
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.
Damaged olfactory neurons as a result of air pollution may contribute to altered cerebrospinal fluid flow and turnover, acting as a potential mechanism for the development of neurodegenerative diseases.
A new study sheds light on how our sense of smell is affected by the decrease of neurons in our noses as we age.
Researchers have been able to map odor molecules based on how often they occur in nature with the help of mathematical modeling.
According to a new study, your sense of smell could be responsible for weight gain. Using mice, researchers noticed that those who lost their sense of smell also lost weight, while those mice with a super sense of smell gained more weight on a high fat diet than mice with a regular sense of smell. Findings suggest odor may play an important role in calorie burning processes; if you can't smell your food, you may burn it rather than store it.
A new study sniffs out the myth that has existed for over 150 years, without scientific proof, and finds the sense of smell in humans is just as good as in other mammals.
Experience and genetics give us all our unique sense of smell, a new study reports.
Testing the sense of smell can be used to assess memory impairment following blast related TBI, a new study reports.
