A method for the rapid automated assessment of olfactory function

Chemical Senses

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 219-229

  Youngentob, Steven L ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High throughput screening; Odor guided behavior; Olfactory function; Random mutagenesis; Sniffing; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

PROPANOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MALE; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; SNIFFING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; ODOR; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STIMULATION;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTAGENESIS; ODORS; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, WHOLE BODY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SMELL;

EID: 22844442367     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bji017     Document Type: Article

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