Can Inhaling Menthol Help Your Brain?

Researchers recently discovered that smelling menthol has a positive effect on cognitive function in animal models, paving the way toward potential treatment of neurodegenerative disease.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Researchers seeking a connection between smell and the central nervous system discovered that smelling menthol can improve cognition in healthy animals and those with neurodegenerative disease

• This data highlights the potential therapeutic benefit that menthol may have in modulating immune health and central nervous system disease

• Menthol…