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  • n  one of two enlargements at the terminus of the olfactory nerve at the base of the brain just above the nasal cavities
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  • Brain Mechanism Discovered Linking Food Smell And How Much We Eat
    [ Watch the Video: Does Your Nose Make You Eat More? ] Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Scientists, publishing a paper in the journal Nature Neuroscience , say that the type 1 cannabinoid receptor in the olfactory bulb in the brain could be causing you to eat more at the smell of food. The team set out to discover why smelling food causes an increase in food intake when in a ...
    Feb. 14, 2014 - redOrbit

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