Responses to trigeminal irritants at different locations of the human nasal mucosa

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 152-155

  Scheibe, Mandy ^a   Van Thriel, Christoph ^b   Hummel, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Irritation; Nasal epithelium; Olfaction; Smell; Topography

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; CARBON DIOXIDE; IRRITANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE AIRFLOW; NOSE SEPTUM; OLFACTOMETER; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VOLUNTEER;

ACETATES; ACETIC ACIDS; ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMORECEPTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; NASAL MUCOSA; NASAL SEPTUM; SMELL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TURBINATES;

EID: 37549052478     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e318156599d     Document Type: Article

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