How improving your sense of smell could save your brain

Stopping to smell the roses is good life advice. And research suggests it may have an added benefit: It could be a good way ...

Why training your sense of smell might be good for brain health

Stopping to smell the roses is good life advice. And research suggests it may have an added benefit: It could be a good way ...
Healthline

Olfactory nerves

Also known as CN1, the olfactory nerve is the first of 12 cranial nerves located within the head. It relays sensory data to the brain, and it is responsible for the sense of smell. The nerve’s ...
The Conversation

You can train your nose – and 4 other surprising facts about your sense of smell

Would you give up your sense of smell to keep your hair? What about your phone? A 2022 US study compared smell to other senses (sight and hearing) and personally prized commodities (including money, a ...
Forbes

Losing the Sense of Smell: How Covid-19 Infection Induces Long-Lasting Symptoms

An illustration of the olfactory bulb and epithelium. Top right: A pericyte (light orange) wraps around a blood vessel (red). Bottom right: Olfactory sensory neurons (light red, orange) surrounded by ...
GEN

SARS-CoV-2 Does Not Infect Olfactory Neurons, Spatial Analysis Suggests

The mechanism underlying anosmia (loss of smell) during a SARS-CoV-2 infection remains unknown. One unresolved question is whether SARS-CoV-2 infects the olfactory nerve, which could provide ...
Hackaday

Tracing Olfactory Receptor Mapping Between The Nose And Brain

The way that the sense of smell works is that olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) are wired up to olfactory receptors (ORs) in the nasal epithelium, from which they send signals to the brain. Once ...