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smell, neuroscience
smell, neuroscience
Neuron Populations Involved in Mouse Olfaction Change Over Time
Jef Akst
| Nov 1, 2016
| 4 min read
Male mice exposed to females, their urine, or a chemical in their urine lost sensory neurons in their vomeronasal organs that respond to that chemical.
Flavor Savors
Jyoti Madhusoodanan
| Jan 1, 2016
| 4 min read
Odors experienced via the mouth are essential to our sense of taste.
Sniffing out Alzheimer’s
Jef Akst
| Oct 9, 2013
| 2 min read
A peanut-butter smell test could help diagnose the neurodegenerative disease in its early stages.
Scents in a Flash
Amber Dance
| Oct 1, 2013
| 8 min read
The modern technique of optogenetics stimulates the complex act of smelling with a simple flash of light.
Neurons Talk Without Synapses
Ed Yong
| Nov 21, 2012
| 3 min read
Neighboring neurons in an insect’s antennae can block each other without sharing any synaptic connections.
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