The olfactory system is involved in the detection and processing of odour signals. In humans, the sense of olfaction has a significant influence on ...

A research team has, for the first time, identified at the cellular level why the olfactory system is the first to be damaged ...

좋아하는 음식 냄새를 못 맡는 것이 대표적인 치매 질환인 알츠하이머의 첫 신호일 수 있다. 그 이유가 세포 수준에서 처음 밝혀져 치매 조기 진단 지표 개발에 한 발 다가섰다. 대구경북과학기술원(DGIST)은 문제일 뇌과학과 ...

The sense of smell is a complex process of the central nervous system that involves specific areas of the brain. In fact, olfactory dysfunction is seen in various central nervous system disorders that ...

Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with nasal polyps exhibited significant improvement in olfactory function when treated with a combination of oral and nasal steroids vs nasal steroids alone.

Searching for new ways to help my senior patients improve and maintain cognitive functions, I came across an interesting research study from the University of California Irvine (Woo, C. et al. 2023) ...

Exposure to ultrafine particles from traffic alters the expression of many genes in human olfactory mucosa cells, a new study shows. The study is the first to combine an analysis of emissions from ...

Ultrafine particles, UFPs, the smallest contributors to air pollution, hinder the function of mitochondria in human olfactory mucosa cells, a new study shows. The study showed that traffic-related ...