Two different brain circuits help regulate salt intake, according to a study in the journal Cell. One adjusts salt cravings, the other determines whether we find salty food delicious or disgusting.

The ammonia in smelling salts irritates your airways and triggers a breathing reflex that sends lots of oxygen to your brain. This wakes you up if you've fainted and may cause a temporary rush of ...

Smelling salts are inhaled stimulants that increase breathing and blood flow to the brain. Despite their history of use, there is limited research into the effects of smelling salts. Keep reading ...

almost no one is in danger of having too little salt. However, given the critical importance of sodium for body and brain functions, evolution has developed a powerful drive to consume salt in ...

Smelling salts smell… bad, and can be irritating ... therefore increasing the amount of oxygen that gets to the brain. This is why it’s FDA-approved for the treatment of fainting, as it ...

NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on a study that found two separate brain circuits that affect the taste for salt. JON HAMILTON, BYLINE: Our relationship with salt is complicated. Yuki Oka, a scientist ...

Now scientists think they know why. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on a study that found two separate brain circuits that influence our taste for salt. JON HAMILTON, BYLINE: Our relationship with salt ...