No oral-cavity-only discrimination of purely olfactory odorants

Chemical Senses

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-126

  Stephenson, Dejaimenay ^a   Halpern, Bruce P ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Human; Olfaction; Oral cavity; Purely olfactory odorants; Trigeminal

Indexed keywords

COUMARIN; GLYCEROL; OCTANOIC ACID; PEPPERMINT; PHENETHYL ALCOHOL; VANILLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VAPOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BENZALDEHYDES; COUMARINS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTHA PIPERITA; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; NASAL CAVITY; OCTANOIC ACIDS; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PHENYLETHYL ALCOHOL; SMELL; YOUNG ADULT;

MENTHA X PIPERITA;

EID: 59349103236     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjn063     Document Type: Article

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