Indistinguishable odour enantiomers: Differences between peripheral and central-nervous electrophysiological responses

Abstract The ability of humans to discriminate enantiomeric odour pairs is substance –specific. Current literature suggests that psychophysical discrimination of odour enantiomers mainly depends on the peripheral processing at the level of the olfactory sensory neurons (OSN). To study the influence...

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Main Authors: Sophia C. Poletti, Annachiara Cavazzana, Cagdas Guducu, Maria Larsson, Thomas Hummel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09594-3