Neuroscience
Why your nose can be a pathfinder
Waves in your brain make smells stick to your memories and inner maps.
Apr 16, 2014
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Surgery
Expect changes in appetite, taste of food after weight loss surgery
Changes in appetite, taste and smell are par for the course for people who have undergone Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery during which one's stomach is made smaller and small intestines shortened. These sensory changes are ...
Apr 16, 2014
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Health
Study investigates risk of hazardous events for patients who can't smell
(Medical Xpress)—From the next room, you smell something burning in the kitchen. Rushing in, you see a smoking pot left on the stove. You quickly turn off the burner, averting a more serious situation. But what if you couldn't ...
Apr 10, 2014
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Neuroscience
Research sheds light on links between memory and smell
(Medical Xpress)—Scents and smells can form the basis of some of the most significant memories that humans form in their lives.
Mar 18, 2014
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Neuroscience
Brain mechanism connecting sense of smell with appetite discovered
In a state of hunger or fasting, the increase in food intake that takes place after smelling food is linked to a type 1 cannabinoid receptor in the olfactory bulb, according to a study co-led by a UPV/EHU researcher and published ...
Feb 10, 2014
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Health
Humans can use smell to detect levels of dietary fat
New research from the Monell Center reveals humans can use the sense of smell to detect dietary fat in food. As food smell almost always is detected before taste, the findings identify one of the first sensory qualities that ...
Jan 22, 2014
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Neuroscience
No two people smell the same
A difference at the smallest level of DNA—one amino acid on one gene—can determine whether you find a given smell pleasant. A different amino acid on the same gene in your friend's body could mean he finds the same odor ...
Dec 13, 2013
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Neuroscience
Locusts reveal how neurons distinguish multiple odors
(Medical Xpress)—Our sense of smell is often the first response to environmental stimuli. Odors trigger neurons in the brain that alert us to take action. However, there is often more than one odor in the environment, such ...
Nov 25, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Sexy sensations: The interplay of the senses in sexual attraction
Our senses serve the purpose of relaying information about our environment back to the brain, where it is deconstructed, made sense of and then acted upon.
Oct 25, 2013
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Researchers find that 'peanut butter' test can help diagnose Alzheimer's disease
(Medical Xpress)—A dollop of peanut butter and a ruler can be used to confirm a diagnosis of early stage Alzheimer's disease, University of Florida Health researchers have found.
Oct 9, 2013
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