News Health & Medicine How mice smell fear Mysterious structure at the tip of the nose could be a special alarm sensor. By Tina Hesman Saey August 21, 2008 at 1:09 pm - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Print (Opens in new window) Print Fear stinks. And its stench tickles a recently re-discovered set of nerves in the tip of a mouse’s nose. FEAR-OMONE | The Grueneberg ganglion, composed of about 500 neurons, is an alarm pheromone sensor. Science/AAAS Swiss researchers report in the Aug.