Intranasal localizability of odorants: Influence of stimulus volume

Chemical Senses

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 405-410

  Frasnelli, J ^a,b   Hummel, T ^a   Berg, J ^a   Huang, G ^c   Doty, R L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nose; Olfaction; Scent tracking; Smell; Trigeminal system

Indexed keywords

ANETHOLE; GERANIOL; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MENTHOL; PHENETHYL ALCOHOL; SALICYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; VANILLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY STIMULUS; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 79954610194     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjr001     Document Type: Article

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