Using computational and theoretical models shows how adult-neurogenesis and spike-timing-dependent plasticity balance the flexibility and stability of odor representations.

The biophysics of an unusual synaptic arrangement within the olfactory bulb suggests a way in which rapidly inactivating potassium channels could modulate the timing of oscillations that underlie odor ...

A brain with a normal olfactory bulb on the left and a brain lacking the bulb on the right. Weizmann Institute of Science The way we perceive the world around us is super complex, but researchers seem ...

Microplastics were found in the olfactory bulbs of eight of 15 human brains at autopsy. A total of 16 different synthetic polymer particles and fibers were identified in olfactory bulbs. The olfactory ...

Our sense of smell depends on the transmission of olfactory information from the nose to the olfactory bulb in the brain through the olfactory nerve. And without olfactory bulbs, smell isn't possible- ...

Some people may be able to smell even without key structures that relay odor information from the nose to the brain. “I’m not sure that our textbook view of how the [olfactory] system works is right,” ...

Our sense of smell depends on the transmission of olfactory information from the nose to the olfactory bulb in the brain through the olfactory nerve. And without olfactory bulbs, smell isn't possible- ...

A handful of left-handed women have excellent senses of smell, despite lacking olfactory bulbs. Is a pair of brain structures called the olfactory bulbs, which are said to encode our sense of smell, ...

Scientists discover the anatomical link for the loss of smell in Parkinson's disease. The first symptom of Parkinson's disease is often an impaired sense of smell. This neurodegenerative disease ...

In a recent article published in Scientific Reports, researchers investigated the changes in olfactory bulb volume and structural connectivity of the brain in patients with olfactory dysfunction (OD) ...