Odorant identification and quality perception following methyl bromide-induced lesions of the olfactory epithelium

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1346-1355

  Youngentob, Steven L ^a   Schwob, James E ^b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Methyl bromide; Odor coding; Odorant quality perception; Olfactory epithelial damage

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ACETIC ACID; ANETHOLE; CARVONE; CITRAL; LIMONENE; METHYL BROMIDE; VANILLIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; RAT; SMELLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; MALE; NOXAE; ODORS; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SMELL;

EID: 33846108438     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.120.6.1346     Document Type: Article

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