New research reveals that immune cells attack brainstem nerve fibers linked to smell, making loss of smell the earliest detectable sign of Alzheimer’s disease, and a potential window for earlier ...

Closely related subtypes of dopamine-releasing neurons may play entirely separate roles in processing sensory information, depending on their physical structure. New research from the Institute of ...

Many people with Alzheimer’s notice their sense of smell isn’t as sharp as it used to be long before their memory declines. The underlying mechanisms responsible for this change have remained a ...

Rendering the invisible visible is among scientists' favorite challenges. In their efforts to uncover how the olfactory system makes sense of thousands of otherwise invisible odors, scientists now ...