While smell plays a considerable role in the social interactions of humans - for instance, signaling fear or generating closeness - for ants, it is vitally important. Researchers from New York ...

In people with epilepsy undergoing a pre-surgical monitoring technique called stereo-electroencephalography, electrical leads from a type of depth electrode are implanted throughout the brain. Kehl ...

The signaling mechanisms underlying the transition from stem cells to olfactory neurons has been described. Cellular differentiation of stem cells into specialized cells requires many steps, including ...

A research team led by scientists at Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute used techniques including single cell genomics, to describe a previously undetected RNA-mediated mechanism in mice that could ...

When triggered by an odor, rapid changes in membrane voltage and intracellular calcium ion levels occur in nematode olfactory neurons, causing membrane voltage sensors and calcium ion sensors to ...

Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) scientists have undertaken to map the neural circuitry involved in the conversion of olfactory inputs into navigational behaviors (chemotaxis) in the fruit fly ...

The floral scent of blooming lavender, the leafy smell of freshly cut grass, and the earthy aroma of the first rain transport most people back to childhood summer memories. Cells called sensory ...

Researchers have uncovered novel aspects of astrocyte function in olfactory, or smell, perception revealing changes in their gene expression patterns that turn these brain cells into a hub of ...

Discover how olfactory receptors and glomeruli work together to decode the complexity of scent perception in the human brain. Scent, the most primal of all senses, is arguably the most complex. The ...

Ants, like other animals, smell to find food and to tell enemies from nestmates. They also communicate by detecting pheromones, hormones released into the air. It is no exaggeration to say that ant ...