June 20 -- THURSDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) -- The olfactory bulb in the brain -- the brain's "smell center" -- may change in size as a person's sense of smell changes, a German study reports. In ...

Olfactory training, platelet-rich plasma, electrical stimulation, and more: Here’s where the research stands on smell ...

Scientists in Brazil found microplastics in the brain tissue of cadavers, according to a new study published Monday in the journal JAMA Network Open. Mounting research over the last few years has ...

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 ...

Cochlear implants allow deaf people to process sounds and speech. Could a similar device help those who can no longer smell? Thomas Hummel, who researches smell and taste disorders at the Technical ...

In a recent study published in the journal Diagnostics, researchers investigate the relationship between olfactory dysfunction associated with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and subsequent ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 118, No. 42 (October 19, 2021), pp. 1-12 (12 pages) Determining the valence of an odor to guide rapid ...

Results from a new mouse study by researchers from the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and the University of Szeged demonstrate that restoring certain signals in a brain region that processes smells ...