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Researchers have found a mechanism by which noradrenaline facilitates fear processing by changing the frequency of brain wave oscillation.

The areas of the brain that activate in response to thinking of a concrete or abstract concept have been analyzed based on the participant's first language.

For people with parosmia, or distorted sense of smell, the aroma of freshly ground coffee can be as disgusting as burning rubbish. Now, researchers have discovered the secrets of why certain food and drinks smell (and likely taste) disgusting to people with parosmia.

A gene that has been associated with severe learning disabilities in humans has been found to also play a vital role in cells’ response to environmental stress.

Problems with odor perception can be an early symptom of neurodegenerative disease, and new research has identified when and where a range of odors is processed in the brain, helping towards understanding how neurodegeneration progresses.

A study has found that changes in the activity of a gene called FMNL2 caused by cerebrovascular disease, prevent the efficient clearance of toxic proteins from the brain, leading to Alzheimer’s disease.

A new study suggests that the low-frequency sounds fetuses can hear are possibly necessary for auditory development.

In a bit of “reverse engineering” research using brain tissues from five people who died with Alzheimer’s disease, researchers say they discovered that a special sugar molecule could play a key role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease.

Increased expression of the CCR5 gene in the brain is associated with poor memory linking, but the drug used to treat HIV infection has been shown to suppress CCR5 and improve memory linking in older mice.

The delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 has been shown to have loss of taste and smell as a prevalent symptom, even among the vaccinated.