Temporal processing of olfactory stimuli during retronasal perception

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-75

  Wilkes, Fiona J ^a   Laing, David G ^a,b,c   Hutchinson, Ian ^a   Jinks, Anthony L ^a   Monteleone, Erminio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Humans; Mucus solubility; Odour mixtures; Retronasal perception; Temporal processing

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; CARVONE; PENTYL ACETATE;

ADSORPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE MUCUS; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SMELLING; SOLUBILITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL; VOLATILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62649166827     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.12.031     Document Type: Article

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