Molecular Vibration-Sensing Component in Human Olfaction

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gane, Simon ^a   Georganakis, Dimitris ^b   Maniati, Klio ^c   Vamvakias, Manolis ^b   Ragoussis, Nikitas ^b   Skoulakis, Efthimios M C ^c   Turin, Luca ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b VIORYL SA   (Greece)

^c BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH CENTER ALEXANDER FLEMING   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETOPHENONE; MUSK;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTION TEST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOLECULAR SENSOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ODOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PURIFICATION; SMELLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIBRATION SENSE;

ACETOPHENONES; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; HUMANS; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; SMELL; VIBRATION;

EID: 84872848930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055780     Document Type: Article

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