Influence of age on the 'nasal cycle'

Laryngoscope

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 62-66

  Mirza, Natasha ^a,b   Kroger, Hans ^a   Doty, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Hypothalamus; Nasal cycle; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Ultradian rhythm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; ULTRADIAN RHYTHM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031033202     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199701000-00014     Document Type: Article

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