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- Percipience
- Smell & Taste
Smell: From the Nose straight to the Brain
At the top of the nasal cavity – directly connected to the brain – the olfactory epithelium picks up aromas.
29.11.2013
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- News from the Institutes
Protective Brain Immune Cell State Discovered
Discovery points to a potential new therapeutic pathway for Alzheimer’s disease
05.11.2025
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- Percipience
- Smell & Taste
Smell and Taste – often underestimated
The role that smells and tastes play in our everyday lives.
06.09.2025
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- Percipience
- Smell & Taste
The fine Structure of the Tongue
Taste buds in the taste buds react to sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and umami.
29.11.2013
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- Grundlagen
- Anatomy
The Paleocortex
In the beginning was smell: the oldest part of the cerebrum deals with sniffing.
01.10.2025
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- Glossary
agonist
Due to the lock-and-key principle, transmitters (messenger substances) can only bind to specific receptors. However, an agonist is chemically so similar to this transmitter that it can also bind to this receptor and thus trigger an identical response. Partial agonists, on the other hand, only trigger a weaker response, while inverse agonists bind to the receptor and inhibit its response.
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- Glossary
Lock and key
In terms of the processes in a synapse, this means that the chemical messenger and its receptor must fit together like a key in a lock. The receptor therefore only "accepts" a very specific messenger.
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- Percipience
- Smell & Taste
Not just in the Mouth and Nose
Taste and smell receptors are not only found in the mouth and nose.
02.09.2025
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- News from the Institutes
Newly identified group of nerve cells in the brain regulates bodyweight
Potential for novel obesity treatments
26.05.2025
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- Glossary
Chemoreceptor
Receptor that responds to chemical stimuli, e.g., taste or smell receptors. Chemoreceptors are also found in internal organs, such as the intestines and liver.
