Retronasal but not oral-cavity-only identification of "purely olfactory" odorants

Chemical Senses

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-118

  Chen, Veronica ^a,b   Halpern, Bruce P ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Human psychophysics; Olfaction; Oral cavity; Smell; Trigeminal

Indexed keywords

COUMARIN; OCTANE; OCTANOIC ACID; PHENETHYL ALCOHOL; VANILLIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; NASAL CAVITY; ODORS; SMELL; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 39749117443     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjm069     Document Type: Article

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