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Feb 6, 2024

Odors may prompt certain brain cells to make decisions

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have discovered that odors stimulate specific brain cells that may play a role in rapid “go/no-go” decision-making.

The study was published online Tuesday (Feb. 6) in the journal Current Biology.

The scientists focused on the , an area of the brain crucial to memory and learning. They knew that so-called “time ” played a major role in hippocampal function, but didn’t know their role in associative learning.

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