The role of the mediodorsal thalamic nucleus in human olfaction

Neurocase

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-159

  Tham, Wendy W P ^a   Stevenson, Richard J ^a   Miller, Laurie A ^b,c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemical senses; Human; Mediodorsal nucleus; Olfaction; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEOCORTEX; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODOR; OLFACTORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; SMELLING; THALAMUS; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIODORSAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; SMELL;

EID: 79952523939     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2010.504728     Document Type: Article

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