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olfactory tract

noun

  1. a long narrow triangular band of white tissue originating in the olfactory bulb and extending back to the point at which its fibres enter the base of the cerebrum

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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It showed that the receptor NRP1, present on nerve cells both in the brain and in the olfactory tract, couples with an enzyme on the surface of these cells called furin that permits viral passage.

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In fact, experts believe that the condition actually begins with a loss of smell and a degeneration of nerves in the olfactory tract, then proceeds to the gut and brain stem.

The intimate association between the sexual centers and the olfactory tract is well illustrated by the fact that this primitive and ancient association tends to come to the surface in insanity.

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And, as this stretching involves the gray matter without lessening the number of nerve-fibres in the olfactory tract, the peduncle becomes practically what it is usually called—i.e., the olfactory 'tract.'

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