It's sometimes said that you can smell fear, when, in fact, the signals that generate fear are often multi-sensory.
, which allows scientists to track the activity of the CGRP neurons while the mouse is freely roaming and responding to its environment.
"We were excited to find that the CGRP neurons are activated by negative sensory cues from all five senses – sight, sound, taste, smell and touch."
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