Cattle rely heavily on their sense of smell, and understanding their odor preferences could help improve handling, health, ...

In considering the physiology of olfaction, however, certain conditions which might lead to misconception must be ruled out. In the first place, a very minute addition of impurity suffices to give ...

In the present paper I will argue that the evolved physiology of the mesocorticolimbic ... in the nucleus accumbens, in the olfactory tubercle, and in the substantia nigra. Apart from these ...

Though I spent most of my teenage years and early adulthood in competitive sports, I was not among that ilk of athletes who ...

This study provides important findings on the neural circuits underlying dishabituation of the olfactory avoidance response in Drosophila. The data as presented provide solid evidence that the ...

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Scientists at Tufts have created a powerful 3D model of nasal tissue that reveals surprising new insights into how our sense of smell regenerates and why it sometimes fades. Contrary to past ...

The sense of smell is a complex process of the central nervous system that involves specific areas of the brain. In fact, olfactory dysfunction is seen in various central nervous system disorders ...

Jeremy B. Yoder, a Lancaster Mennonite High School graduate, is an associate professor of biology at California State ...

There's always one key thing that lets a shelter dog know they are back at the shelter but it's not what you think.