Decreased perception of bourgeonal may be linked to male idiopathic infertility

Chemical Senses

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 439-445

  Sinding, Charlotte ^a   Kemper, Eva ^a   Spornraft Ragaller, Petra ^a   Hummel, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Olfaction; OR1D2; Sensitivity; Sperm

Indexed keywords

BOURGEONAL; OR1D2 OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHENETHYL ALCOHOL; PHENOBARBITAL; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SMELLING;

CHEMOTAXIS; OLFACTION; OR1D2; SENSITIVITY; SPERM;

ADULT; ALDEHYDES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84878445378     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjt009     Document Type: Article

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