Why We Smell Better When We Sniff (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Why We Smell Better When We Sniff

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Cross section of olfactory sensory neurons in a mouse nose visualized by fluorescent staining of odorant receptor genes (red and green represent different odorant receptors). MOE: main olfactory epithelium; SO: septal organ.

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Huikai Tian, PhD, Minghong Ma, PhD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

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