Scientists Unveil ‘Long Lost’ Map for Smell
SKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. For years, many scientists believed that these receptors were distributed mostly at random.Now, two teams of scientists have managed to map the nose of a mouse. “We have, to some extent, unveiled this long lost map for smell.”Scientists have not yet demonstrated that the same sort of map exists in the human nose and do not yet understand why the receptors are arranged in the way that they are.
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AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.Supported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTScientists Unveil ‘Long Lost’ Map for SmellThe odor receptors in the nose are not distributed at random but organized in a precise spatial pattern, two new studies reveal.Share full article30A microscope photo of a cross-section of the nose of a mouse that was genetically modified to express green fluorescent protein in smell neurons.
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