''Cranial #nerves, especially the #olfactory nerve, are important routes of #neuroinvasion for HPAI H5Nx viruses.
HPAI H5Nx viruses have a broad neurotropic potential and can efficiently infect and replicate in various #CNS cell types.
Vaccination and/or antiviral therapy might in part prevent neuroinvasion and neurological disease following HPAI H5Nx virus infection, although comprehensive studies in this area are lacking.''

Title: A #Lap|ful of #Severed #Tongue|s
Author: #Lisa #Palladino, #PhD.
Language: #Braille, archaic circa 1850 CE
Depth of recovery: 44m
Description: A #collection of #essay|s on the #American #Suffragette #movement. Interspersed with a hitherto unknown variation on the #tactile-#olfactory implementation commonly referred to as #scratchandsniff

#scp #1986

CoVid May Damage Your Tongue
CoVid attacks the smell receptors at the roof of the nose ruining the senses of smell but also taste. It turns out that CoVid also directly damages the tongue adding to taste problems. #CoVid #taste #tongue #olfactory #gustatory
https://www.instagram.com/p/CviBGNnRRno/

IOB

#Sharkweek goers
Be sure to catch

#Microstructure of the #Bonnethead #Shark (Sphyrna tiburo) #Olfactory Rosette

by @OceanExplauren & Marshall

https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obac027

Suddenly it smells like fresh laundry in here. Very mood lifting, but #wtf?

Am I having some kind of #olfactory #hallucination?

Happy to share our new study on the preen oil of pied flycatchers!

We analysed the composition of #preenoil and found that it contains #chemical information that could be used for #olfactory communication 🐦

Link 👉 https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13246 #ornithology

That's it. I've had enough: whoever invented the vent mounted car air freshener deserves a special place in hell. In what world do I want to experience a scent so strong I can taste it? It's the vehicular equivalent of someone wearing way too much cologne. It's #olfactory assault and I will not stand for it!

Researchers identify #cellular #mechanism that improves #olfactory function.

#signalling

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-cellular-mechanism-olfactory-function.html

#COVID ate the olfactory bulb...

MRI evidence of #olfactory system alterations in patients with #COVID19 and neurological symptoms

n=196, "COVID-19 patients showed significantly lower left, right and total OB volumes than controls"

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00415-023-11561-0

TIL New Mexico has an official State Question (it's "Red or green?"), which refers to one's preference in chile peppers. Now there's an effort to designate the scent of roasting chiles as the official State Aroma, apparently the first U.S. state to establish such a thing.

If this catches on more widely, we could be seeing (smelling?) other states touting their own unique pungent essences ... and the mind reels.

#marketing #senseOfSmell #olfactory #OfficialStateAroma

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/01/new-mexico-official-aroma-chile-peppers

#Honeybees have high cognitive abilities, but we lack tools to study the neural basis. @CarcaudJ &co describe a genetically encoded Ca2+ sensor & its use for tracking odor representation in #olfactory pathways @NeurophysicsT @IdeevL @EGCE_lab #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3XT8qLv

#Honeybees have high cognitive abilities, but we lack tools to study the neural basis. @CarcaudJ &co describe a genetically encoded Ca2+ sensor & its use for tracking odor representation in #olfactory pathways @NeurophysicsT @IdeevL @EGCE_lab #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3XT8qLv

#Honeybees have high cognitive abilities, but we lack tools to study the neural basis. @CarcaudJ &co describe a genetically encoded Ca2+ sensor & its use for tracking odor representation in #olfactory pathways @NeurophysicsT @IdeevL @EGCE_lab #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3XT8qLv

Ants Can Sniff Out Cancer:
Ants can readily differentiate tumor-bearing mice from healthy ones using their powerful olfactory powers. #ants #cancer #olfactory

https://youtu.be/jR_l2fyGB2c

👃Through a novel gelatin-based electronic e-nose that mimics the #olfactory system, researchers @FCTNOVA aim to detect diseases e.g. #bacterial infections & #cancer faster & accurately.

Read more here:
👉 https://bit.ly/3QKFB0X
@CORDIS_EU @Biomeng_lab

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1616355681984184321

#Graphene field-effect transistors (#GFETs) functionalized with designable #peptides can be used to develop #electronic devices that mimic #olfactory receptors and emulate the sense of smell by selectively detecting #odor #molecules.
#Technology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/01/tn01192301.html

@drewharwell @willoremus Yep, but changing smell, in order to outsmart #olfactory #AI , will be quite... difficult:

https://aryballe.com

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2021/05/10/artificial-intelligence-is-developing-a-sense-of-smell-what-could-a-digital-nose-mean-in-practice

Anyway, on the plus side, "Olfactory AI" (pronounced "𝘖͛𝘭͛𝘧͛𝘢͛𝘤͛𝘵͛𝘰͛𝘳͛𝘺͛ ͛𝘖͛𝘠͛") would be a good name for a Finnish #rock band ✌🤘

🐶 Can dogs´ sniffing abilities be replaced with e-noses❓

💡 #EUFunded project SCENT sniffs out the answer 👇
https://europa.eu/!ctwxgh

@FCTNOVA #snifferdogs #smell #electronicnoses #olfactory

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CORDIS_EU/status/1612841736585515009

How CoVid Zaps Our Smell and Taste:
The CoVid virus causes a persistent loss of smell and taste not by itself damaging your nasal olfactory sensors but rather by triggering a vigorous autoimmune reaction. #CoVid #olfactory #smell #taste #tcells #autoimmunity

https://youtu.be/fzVMu1NpUWc

If someone tells you that #cilantro / #coriander tastes horrid to them, don't dismiss it as a preference or fussiness. It's genetic. OR6A2 encodes a taste that combines vomit, poop, soap and tinfoil depending on variant.
Please take us seriously unless you're serving vomit and poop with a soap-tinfoil sauce to everyone else.
#taste #olfactory #genetics #food