Can i smell gas (or is it lilac)? Olfactory semantic deficits in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

Chemosensory Perception

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 118-128

  Bahar Fuchs, Alex ^a   Moss, Simon ^a   Rowe, Christopher ^b   Savage, Greg ^a,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Error analysis; Mild cognitive impairment; Olfaction; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; ODOR; OLFACTORY IDENTIFICATION DEFICIT; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; SMELL IDENTIFICATION TEST; SMELLING; SMELLING DISORDER;

EID: 77955654920     PISSN: 19365802     EISSN: 19365810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12078-010-9069-x     Document Type: Article

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