A better understanding of human smell is emerging as scientists interrogate its fundamental elements: the odor molecules that ...

The olfactory cortex is actually composed of several distinct brain structures, each of which may have a different function.

Smell has the power to transport us across time and space. It could be the sweet fragrance of jasmine, or the musty scent of algae. Suddenly, you are back at your childhood home, or under the burning ...

Olfactory bulb output is projected via the olfactory tract to several ventral cortical targets, most prominently piriform cortex. Currently, all cortical targets of the olfactory bulb are referred ...

Neurons in the olfactory cortex link smells to places. Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown. Journal Nature Funder Fundação Champalimaud, European Research Council, Human Frontier Science Program ...

New research explores the many ways our sensory experiences overlaps, teaching us new ways the brain perceives ...

The olfactory system translates myriad chemical structures into diverse odour perceptions. To gain insight into how this is accomplished, we prepared mice that coexpressed a transneuronal tracer ...

HHMI researchers discover how signals from different odor receptors are arranged in the brain's olfactory cortex. The findings provide new insights into the processes that underlie odor perception.