Anatomy of the nasal cavity determines intranasal trigeminal sensitivity

Rhinology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-22

  Konstantinidis, Iordanis ^a,b   Gartz, Inga ^b   Gerber, Johannes C ^b   Reden, Jens ^b   Hummel, Thomas ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Event related potentials; Nasal anatomy; Olfaction; Smell; Trigeminal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NASAL CAVITY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953258660     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4193/Rhin09.060     Document Type: Article

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