Chemosensory event-related potentials in early blind humans

• Published in: B-ENT (Leuven) Vol. 7; no. 1; p. 11
• Main Authors: Cuevas, I, Plaza, P, Rombaux, P, Mouraux, A, Delbeke, J, Collignon, O, De Volder, A G, Renier, L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Belgium 2011
• Subjects: Adult; Age of Onset; Blindness - epidemiology; Blindness - physiopathology; Electroencephalography; Evoked Potentials - physiology; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Occipital Lobe - physiopathology; Olfactory Nerve - physiology; Smell - physiology; Trigeminal Nerve - physiology; Young Adult

While the effects of early visual deprivation on auditory and tactile functions have been widely studied, little is known about olfactory function in early blind subjects. The present study investigated the potential effect of early blindness on the electrophysiological correlates of passive odour p...