Ortho- and retronasal presentation of olfactory stimuli modulates odor percepts

Chemosensory Perception

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-15

  Frasnelli, Johannes ^a,b   Ungermann, Mary ^a   Hummel, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flavor; Lateralization; Localization; Retronasal

Indexed keywords

EID: 59349118110     PISSN: 19365802     EISSN: 19365810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12078-007-9000-2     Document Type: Article

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