olfactory processing

Why Do I Feel Like I Smell Smoke All The Time?

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Why Do I Feel Like I Smell Smoke All The Time? The term for this type of olfactory hallucination is dysosmia. Common causes of dysosmia are head and nose injury, viral damage to the smell system after a bad cold, chronic recurrent sinus infections and allergy, and nasal polyps and tumors. The brain is usually

Is The Olfactory Bulb Connected To The Amygdala?

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Is The Olfactory Bulb Connected To The Amygdala? The main olfactory bulb connects to the amygdala via the piriform cortex of the primary olfactory cortex and directly projects from the main olfactory bulb to specific amygdala areas. The amygdala passes olfactory information on to the hippocampus. Is amygdala part of olfactory system? Despite the amygdala’s