What happens in our nose when neurons come in contact with a smell? As the recent COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated, from a medical and scientific point of view our sense of smell is as important as it is little known. Now, for the first time, a SISSA study led by Professor Anna Menini has been able to measure the electrical signals produced by cells in the human olfactory epithelium obtained from nasal biopsies. These signals are the language used by the cells of our nervous system to communicate among themselves and, more specifically, represent the first essential step of a sequence that, after reaching the brain, allows to perceive a smell.

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