nsmits the signals to areas of the brain such as the olfactory cortex, hippocampus, amygdala, pyriform cortex, and hypothalamus (Duka, Stephens, Russell & Tasker, 1998) .
The olfaction is the only sense that doesn't synapse in the thalamus before relaying its information to the cerebral cortex. While in the amygdala-pyriform area, the olfactory pathway divides into two pathways. One pathway projects to the limbic system and the other projects to the orbitofrontal cortex by way of the medial dorsal nuclei. These two pathways are thought to have distinct functions. The limbic projection is thought to be involved in the emotional response to smells including alcohol; memory of a smell is also associated with the limbic projection. The thalamic - orbitofrontal projection is thought to be involved in the con
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