On the trigeminal percept of androstenone and its implications on the rate of specific anosmia

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1501-1510

  Boyle, Jolie A ^a   Londström, Johan N ^a   Knecht, Michael ^b   Jones Gotman, Marilyn ^a   Schaal, Benoist ^c   Hummel, Thomas ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Confidence; Lateralization task; NMP; Sensitivity; Trigeminal system

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENONE; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ADULT; ANDROSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODORS; OLFACTION DISORDERS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 33750834542     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20294     Document Type: Article

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