Orbitofrontal cortex and olfactory bulb volume predict distinct aspects of olfactory performance in healthy subjects

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2448-2456

  Seubert, Janina ^a   Freiherr, Jessica ^b   Frasnelli, Johannes ^c   Hummel, Thomas ^d   Lundström, Johan N ^a,e,f  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

OFC; Olfaction; Olfactory bulb; Perception; VBM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISSOCIATION; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; ORBIT; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMELLING; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84886431819     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs230     Document Type: Article

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