The odorants are then transformed into spatiotemporal patterns of neural activity in the olfactory bulb and central nervous system, and decoded by the brain to generate a perceptual ‘odour ...

16 in the JAMA Network Open journal explains how microplastics in the human brain can affect an important part of our daily lives: how we smell. Researchers in Brazil examined the olfactory bulbs ...

A study identifies five women who have a functioning sense of smell despite an apparent lack of olfactory bulbs—the region of the brain that processes odors. Jef Akst was managing editor of The ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. The sensation of perceiving a smell can be induced in people by using electrodes to stimulate the brain’s olfactory bulb, researchers report ...