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Harvard researchers map smell receptors in precise nose-to-brain stripes

Harvard Medical School scientists have created the first detailed map of smell receptors in the nose, revealing they are arranged in precise horizontal stripes that align with brain structures. The ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Create the First Detailed ‘Smell Map’ of Odor Sensors in the Mouse Nose—and Sniff Out Some Surprising Discoveries

In two new studies, researchers used genetic techniques to upend a longstanding assumption that nerve cells with scent ...

First-Ever “Smell Map” Illustrates Just How Little We Knew About Our Noses

Scientists are realizing just how wrong we've been about how our noses are structured, and how the sense of smell really ...
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First complete mouse smell map reveals surprising organization

Scientists have produced the first comprehensive map of olfactory receptors in the mouse nose, overturning the belief that they were randomly arranged. Using advanced single-cell sequencing and ...
Quanta Magazine

A New Type of Neuroplasticity Rewires the Brain After a Single Experience

Neurons that fire together, wire together” is not the full story. A novel mechanism explains how the brain can learn across ...