Smell training can improve memory and may stimulate areas in the brain linked to cognition. Your sense of smell is closely ...

A study published in JAMA Network Open confirmed that microplastics can be present in the olfactory bulbs of the brain in people, based on their analysis of 15 deceased people. While more research ...

16 in the JAMA Network Open journal explains how microplastics in the human brain can affect an important part of our daily ...

Research suggests smell training may help improve both cognitive and neuronal functions. Olfactory training could be an ...

Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia and it affects around 944,000 people in the UK. A study has found a ...

The odor molecules are thought to activate sensory neurons in the nose, which then send signals to the olfactory bulb. The signals are thought to travel from here to regions of the brain such as ...

"Our original hypothesis was that we may find some bacteria in the part of the brain called the olfactory bulb, which is the one part of the brain connected to the nose," Salinas said. "However ...

This important study partially fills the gap in the knowledge of olfaction at the level of the Anterior Olfactory Nucleus (AON) and Piriform Cortex with functional magnetic resonance imaging, ...

Olfactory dysfunction links to 139 conditions, with inflammation playing a key role in memory decline and cognitive issues.

There is a direct connection between the olfactory bulb (sense of smell), to the limbic system (emotional and memory part) of ...

Our nose has a direct connection to the brain through the olfactory nerve and olfactory bulb. The olfactory nerve is the shortest cranial nerve. It is the shortest distance from the outside world ...