Smell and taste changes provide early indication of COVID-19 community spread

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Self-reports of smell and taste changes provide earlier markers of the spread of infection of SARS-CoV-2 than current governmental indicators, according to an international team of researchers. The researchers also observed a decline in self-reports of smell and taste changes as early as five days after lockdown enforcement, with faster declines…

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Novel population of neurons identified that control binocular eye movements in 3D space

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have discovered a previously undescribed population of neurons that help control our eyes as they view in three-dimensional space. During normal viewing, we direct our eyes between objects in the three-dimensional space many times a minute. With each change, the left and right eyes will rotate,…

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