Not exact matches
This pattern is
processed and remembered by neural circuits in the
olfactory bulb and
olfactory cortex.
Agalliu also found that Th17 cells induced by strep opened the BBB only in certain spots: Since strep enters the body through the nose, it made sense that he saw the BBB was pierced near the
olfactory bulb, the structure in the front of the brain that
processes odors.
It goes from the nose to the
olfactory bulb and then directly from there to the
olfactory [
processing area] but also to places like the amygdala and the hippocampal formation, which are involved in emotion and memory.
Pheromones are detected by the so - called vomeronasal organ, which sits in the nasal cavity and sets off a cascade of nerve signals that ends in the accessory
olfactory bulb, the organ that
processes pheromones.
First, by the time Morganucodon was alive 190 million years ago, the brain was almost 50 % larger than in cynodonts, and areas that
process smell, such as the
olfactory bulb, were distinctly larger.
Essential oils are also
processed by the
olfactory bulb and the limbic system, the same system that
processes thoughts, memories, and emotions, which can help us feel calm, encouraged, and so on.