Making sense of the chemical senses

Multisensory Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 399-419

  Gagnon, Léa ^a   Ptito, Maurice ^a   Kupers, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

anosmia; Blindness; flavour; smell; taste; trigeminal

Indexed keywords

FLAVORS;

ANOSMIA; BLINDNESS; SMELL; TASTE; TRIGEMINAL;

EYE PROTECTION;

BLINDNESS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OLFACTORY CORTEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SMELLING; TASTE;

BLINDNESS; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OLFACTORY CORTEX; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; TASTE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84911494694     PISSN: 22134794     EISSN: 22134808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22134808-00002461     Document Type: Article

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