The olfactory system is essential for most animals: it supports postnatal survival, detects environmental hazards and mediates emotional, social and nutritional behaviors.

좋아하는 음식 냄새를 못 맡는 것이 대표적인 치매 질환인 알츠하이머의 첫 신호일 수 있다. 그 이유가 세포 수준에서 처음 밝혀져 치매 조기 진단 지표 개발에 한 발 다가섰다. 대구경북과학기술원(DGIST)은 문제일 뇌과학과 교수팀이 알리 자한샤히 네덜란드 마스트리히트대 교수팀과 공동으로 알츠하이머 초기에 후각 시스템이 가장 먼저 손상되는 원인을 세포 수준에 ...

A research team has, for the first time, identified at the cellular level why the olfactory system is the first to be damaged ...

The olfactory system is involved in the detection and processing of odour signals. In humans, the sense of olfaction has a significant influence on ...

DGIST Prof. Moon Cheil’s team reports the discovery of two immune cell mechanisms operating within the brain’s olfactory ...

From the ability to detect the smell of wet soil to the scent of ripe fruit, the human olfactory system has evolved over thousands of years in response to how people live and what they eat, according ...

Exposure to ultrafine particles from traffic alters the expression of many genes in human olfactory mucosa cells, a new study shows. The study is the first to combine an analysis of emissions from ...