Sensory wiring for smells varies among individuals
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 12:30
in Physics & Chemistry
If, as Shakespeare's Juliet declared, a rose by any other name smells as sweet to you and to me and to anyone else who sniffs it then one might assume that our odor-sensing nerve cells are all wired in the same way. Alas, they are not, according to a new study from scientists at The Scripps Research Institute.