Health
Why do my armpits smell? And would using glycolic acid on them really work?
You showered this morning, are wearing fresh clothes and having an otherwise normal day, when suddenly you notice that stench.
May 24, 2022
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News tagged with odor
Medical research
Researchers map mouse olfactory glomeruli using state-of-the-art techniques
Detecting odors and differentiating between them is an essential ability that helps animals to survive and interact more effectively with their surrounding environment. In mammals, odors are known to be initially processed ...
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
'E-nose' could someday diagnose Parkinson's disease by 'smelling' skin
A couple of years ago, a woman named Joy Milne made headlines when scientists discovered that she could "smell" Parkinson's disease (PD) on people with the neurodegenerative disorder. Since then, researchers have been trying ...
Feb 23, 2022
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Neuroscience
Olfactory processing in three distinct neural waves
Neural waves of three distinct registers combine to give the brain a picture of what's being smelled, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in PLOS Biology.
Feb 3, 2022
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Neuroscience
From odor to action: How smells are processed in the brain and influence behavior
A dog raises its nose in the air before chasing after a scent. A mosquito zigzags back and forth before it lands on your arm for its next meal. What these behaviors have in common is that they help these animals "see" their ...
Jan 26, 2022
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Neuroscience
Progress in the functional characterization of human olfactory receptors
A team of scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich has now discovered that the odorant receptor OR5K1 is specialized to recognize pyrazines in both humans and domesticated ...
Jun 22, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How one of the oldest natural insecticides keeps mosquitoes away
With mosquito season upon us, people are stocking up on repellents to prevent itchy bites. Bug repellents are important because they don't just protect against the buzzing, blood-sucking little pests—they also safeguard ...
May 11, 2021
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Medical research
The neurobiology of food attraction
Animals use their sense of smell to navigate the world—to find food, sniff out mates and smell danger. But when a hungry animal smells food and a member of the opposite sex at the same time, what makes dinner the more attractive ...
Apr 22, 2021
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Neuroscience
Exposure to smells in early infancy can modulate adult behavior
Imprinting is a popularly known phenomenon, wherein certain animals and birds become fixated on sights and smells they see immediately after being born. In ducklings, this can be the first moving object, usually the mother ...
Apr 13, 2021
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Neuroscience
Decoding smell: Neural code determines instinctual responses to attractive or aversive odors
Since the beginning of the pandemic, a loss of smell has emerged as one of the telltale signs of COVID-19. Though most people regain their sense of smell within a matter of weeks, others can find that familiar odors become ...
Mar 29, 2021
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