A mobile olfactometer for fMRI-studies

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 189-194

  Sommer, J Ulrich ^a   Maboshe, Wakunyambo ^b   Griebe, Martin ^a   Heiser, Clemens ^a,c   Hörmann, Karl ^a   Stuck, Boris A ^a   Hummel, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

FMRI; Olfactometer; Self made

Indexed keywords

LIMONENE; TERPINEN 4 OL;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OLFACTOMETER; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; SMELL;

EID: 84863225238     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.05.026     Document Type: Article

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