olfactory
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The researchers also showed that this map in the nose aligns with corresponding maps in the olfactory bulb of the brain.
From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026
According to the researchers, smell-related problems arise when immune cells in the brain, known as "microglia," begin removing connections between two important regions: the olfactory bulb and the locus coeruleus.
From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026
Then the team hopes to treat the problem by placing sensor chips in the patient’s olfactory tissue to help preserve or restore scent perception.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
The fourth biennial Scent Fair L.A. will celebrate everything olfactory in the heart of the museum district at Craft Contemporary.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025
There may even be odorants that fire off receptors in our olfactory epithelia without our being conscious of smell, including signals exchanged involuntarily between human beings.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing olfactory
Fahrenheit 451
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The Nose Knows: Olfactory Vocabulary
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100 Great Words from "Fahrenheit 451" -- Part I Vocabulary
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