Olfactory event-related potentials: Older males demonstrate the greatest deficits

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Evoked Potentials

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 351-358

  Morgan, Charlie D ^a   Covington, James W ^a   Geisler, Mark W ^b   Polich, John ^c   Murphy, Claire ^a,b,d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Inter stimulus interval; Olfactory event related potential (OERP); Olfactory stimulus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; GENDER; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SMELL;

EID: 0031194629     PISSN: 01685597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-5597(97)00020-8     Document Type: Article

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