In two new studies, researchers used genetic techniques to upend a longstanding assumption that nerve cells with scent ...

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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 ...

Griffith University researchers have demonstrated that a bacteria can travel through the olfactory nerve in the nose and into the brain in mice, where it creates markers that are a tell-tale sign of ...

How fast is the sense of smell? Researcher found that the olfactory bulb identifies odors in 50ms, using temporal filtering to process scents before they reach the cerebral cortex.

Researchers have studied the mechanisms by which the novel coronavirus can reach the brains of patients with COVID-19. The results show that SARS-CoV-2 enters the brain via nerve cells in the ...