Researchers have identified microplastics in the human olfactory bulb, highlighting a potential pathway for these particles ...

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A new study identified the tiny pollutants in the olfactory bulbs of eight cadavers, suggesting microplastics can travel through the nose to the brain Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent Microplastics ...

It’s clear that genes, receptors and neurons all play a role in detecting odors. But much of how we make sense of what we ...

The latest research looked at a part of the brain called the olfactory bulb, which processes information about smell. Humans have two olfactory bulbs, one above each nasal cavity. Connecting the ...

Many might remember last year's research from URI showing that microplastics breached the blood barrier to the brain of lab ...

The threads and microplastic pieces were discovered in the olfactory bulb, the part of the nose responsible for detecting odors that sits at the base of the brain. “Once present in this ...

Researchers in Brazil examined the olfactory bulbs of 15 cadavers and detected the presence of microplastics in the olfactory bulbs of eight of them. The olfactory bulbs, located at the bottom of ...

Their findings, published in Nature Neuroscience, suggest that GnRH neurons in the olfactory bulb of adult male mice translate socially relevant odors into reproductive behaviors. "We show that ...