Sentences with phrase «via olfactory neurons»

Although it's unclear just how the damage occurs, one possibility is that the buckyball nanocrystals enter the brain via olfactory neurons, a route traveled by other small particles.

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Toxicants like solvents, pesticides or volatile molecules from oil spills can travel straight into the brain via the olfactory receptors — nasal neurons that number in the many millions, thickly studding the inner lining of the nose.

These cues are detected via olfactory (OR), trace - amine associated (TAAR), vomeronasal (VR) and formyl - peptide (FPR) receptors expressed by the sensory neurons in the epithelia of these organs.