One nostril knows what the other learns: Olfactory plasticity

About 30% of the adult human population does not perceive an odour when sniffing the steroid androstenone (5-α-androst-16-en-3-one), but will become sensitive to its smell after repeated exposure to the compound 1 , 2 , 3 . Here we investigate the origin of the plasticity that governs this acquired...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature (London) 2002-10, Vol.419 (6909), p.802-802
Hauptverfasser:	Mainland, Joel D., Bremner, Elizabeth A., Young, Natasha, Johnson, Brad N., Khan, Rehan M., Bensafi, Moustafa, Sobel, Noam
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	brief-communication Humanities and Social Sciences multidisciplinary Science Science (multidisciplinary)
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