How odor can signify unsafe water consumption

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Learning to associate certain food smells with unpleasant ailments following consumption helps many organisms learn which foods are unsafe. In a new study in JNeurosci, Dan Rokni and colleagues at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem used mice to explore how the brain learns that some smells signify "unsafe to ingest." The researchers focused on the role of the nucleus of the lateral olfactory…

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