New research at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) has revealed how special molecules help the tongue communicate with the brain to identify the correct taste.
Thomas Jessell talked to Scientific American about fresh insight into the complex genetics that dictate how the nervous system wires itself for fine-motor control.
The presence of odor receptors in the brain was discovered by scientists Richard Axel and Linda Buck while they were at Columbia University, who won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2004.