Sensory wiring for smells varies among individuals
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 16:30
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.