News tagged with nasal cavity

New model show how the brain is organized to process odor information

Just like a road atlas faithfully maps real-word locations, our brain maps many aspects of our physical world: Sensory inputs from our fingers are mapped next to each other in the somatosensory cortex; the ...

Neuroscience Mar 19, 2012 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 5 |

Developing our sense of smell: Biologists pinpoint the origin of olfactory nerve cells

When our noses pick up a scent, whether the aroma of a sweet rose or the sweat of a stranger at the gym, two types of sensory neurons are at work in sensing that odor or pheromone. These sensory neurons are ...

Neuroscience Mar 25, 2013 | not rated yet | 0 |

Coffee and tea consumption reduce MRSA risk

While an apple a day may keep the doctor away, new research published in the Annals of Family Medicine say that hot tea or coffee may keep the methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus, or MRSA, bug away, or at least out of ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Jul 15, 2011 | 5 / 5 (6) | 6 |

How the bacterium that plays role in spread of MRSA colonises the human nose

A collaboration between researchers at the School of Biochemistry and Immunology and the Department of Microbiology at Trinity College Dublin has identified a mechanism by which the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Jan 28, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Allergies? Your sneeze is a biological response to the nose's 'blue screen of death'

Who would have thought that our noses and Microsoft Windows' infamous blue screen of death could have something in common? But that's the case being made by a new research report appearing online in The FASEB Journal. Specif ...

Immunology Jul 31, 2012 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Objective, subjective post-rhinoplasty breathing evaluated

(HealthDay)—Septorhinoplasty is associated with subjective improvement in nasal patency as well as increases in nasal volume and decreases in nasal resistance, particularly in those with severe obstruction ...

Surgery Sep 14, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Exposure to herbicide may increase risk of rare disorder, study finds

A common herbicide used in the United States may be linked to an increased risk of a congenital abnormality of the nasal cavity known as choanal atresia, say researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and other Texas institutions.

Pediatrics Sep 28, 2012 | not rated yet | 0 |

Gene mapping reveals architecture that controls expression of genes responsible for our sense of smell

Within the nasal cavity, millions of sensory neurons in a postage-stamp-sized patch of tissue called the olfactory epithelium control our sense of smell. Thanks to the exquisitely controlled expression of ...

Genetics May 18, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

3D manufacturing: Printing a new nose

The suffering caused by the loss of a nose must be indescribable. In terms of function, a sense of smell is perhaps less important than the ability to see, hear and eat - and we can breathe through our mouth ...

Other Nov 08, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

The nose's unheralded neighbor

Pity the poor maxillary sinuses. Those bulbous pouches on either side of the human nose are known more for trapping mucus and causing sinus infections than anything else. They were thought to be an evolutionary ...

Other Mar 12, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

High-tech, remote-controlled camera for neurosurgery

(Phys.org)—A small camera inserted into the body enables surgeons to perform many types of operations with minimal trauma. EU-funding enabled researchers to extend the use of such interventions to a variety ...

Other Aug 24, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Staphylococcus aureus: Why it just gets up your nose

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Dec 27, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

'Mother's kiss' safe and effective for removing foreign objects from children's noses

A technique called the "mother's kiss" for removing foreign objects from the nasal passages of young children appears to be a safe and effective approach, found a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). ...

Other Oct 15, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Corticosteroids not effective for treating acute sinusitis

Corticosteroids, frequently prescribed to alleviate acute sinusitis, show no clinical benefit in treating the condition, according to a randomized controlled trial published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Aug 07, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Free light chains identified in chronic rhinosinusitis

(HealthDay) -- Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) have increased free light chain (FLC) concentrations, particularly those with CRS with nasal polyps (CRSwNP), according to a study published online ...

Immunology Jul 16, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

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