Olfactory response in the temporal cortex of the elderly measured with near-infrared spectroscopy: A preliminary feasibility study

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 677-680

  Fladby, Tormod ^a,b   Bryhn, Grete ^a   Halvorsen, Ola ^a   Rosé, Isabelle ^a   Wahlund, Martin ^a   Wiig, Pia ^a   Wetterberg, Lennart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Elderly; NIRS; Olfactory; Temporal cortex; Vanilla

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; VANILLA;

EID: 2642549179     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.WCB.0000119966.74298.5C     Document Type: Article

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