Researchers have discovered that breathing affects pupil size, with the pupil being smallest during inhalation and largest ...

New research shows that inhaling polluted air for just an hour can impair cognitive abilities like attention and emotional ...

Why does pollution affect some types of brain function? “The exact mechanisms linking air ... literature that talks about the ...

This study presents solid evidence for distinct neurotransmitter release modalities between two subclasses of dopaminergic neurons in the olfactory bulb, highlighting an important finding that ...

Animals, including humans, rely on multiple senses to navigate their environments and make decisions. This integration of sensory information is particularly evident during social interactions, where ...

The liver performs hundreds of vital functions, including converting nutrients from food into energy, filtering toxins from the blood, and producing bile, a key substance in digestion and waste ...

Oxidative stress can adversely alter the cell function of proteins ... Prenatal stress inhibits hippocampal neurogenesis but spares olfactory bulb, Neurogenesis. PLoS ONE 8(8): e72972.

Odours are first captured by special olfactory nerve cells inside your nose. These cells extend upwards from the roof of your nose towards the smell-processing centre of your brain, called the ...

"The take home point with this study is that we saw from the imaging that duration of WTC exposures had a direct link to amyloid in the brain, specifically in the olfactory cortex," says Sean ...

This is known as olfactory dysfunction ... their sense of smell years before any symptoms show in body or brain function. However many people are not aware they are losing their sense of smell.