Science of Olfaction

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvi

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2. Historical Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Olfaction and the Primitive: Nineteenth-Century Medical Thinking on Olfaction

      • Anne Harrington, Vernon Rosario

      Pages 3-27

3. The Basic Science of Olfaction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29

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   2. Morphology and Plasticity of the Vertebrate Olfactory Epithelium

      • Edward E. Morrison, Richard M. Costanzo

      Pages 31-50

   3. Molecular Aspects of Olfaction

      • Robert R. H. Anholt

      Pages 51-79

   4. The Biochemistry of Olfactory Neurons: Stages of Differentiation and Neuronal Subsets

      • James E. Schwob

      Pages 80-125

   5. Neuroanatomical Substrates of Olfaction

      • John H. McLean, Michael T. Shipley

      Pages 126-171

   6. Neurophysiology of the Olfactory Bulb

      • W. T. Nickell, Michael T. Shipley

      Pages 172-212

   7. Olfactory Learning and Memory in the Rat: A “Model System” for Studies of the Neurobiology of Memory

      • Tim Otto, Howard Eichenbaum

      Pages 213-244

   8. Sex Differences in Olfaction in Mammals

      • Kathleen M. Dorries

      Pages 245-275

4. Clinical Issues in the Study of Olfaction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 277-277

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   2. Techniques in the Quantitative Study of Human Olfaction

      • William S. Cain, J. Enrique Cometto-Muñiz, René A. de Wijk

      Pages 279-308

   3. Stimulus Selection in the Design and Interpretation of Olfactory Studies

      • Avery N. Gilbert, Mark S. Greenberg

      Pages 309-334

   4. Assessing Olfaction: Cognitive and Measurement Issues

      • June Corwin

      Pages 335-354

   5. A Neurolinguistic Perspective of the Study of Olfaction

      • Karen L. Chobor

      Pages 355-377

   6. Human Olfaction in Infancy and Early Childhood

      • Hilary J. Schmidt, Gary K. Beauchamp

      Pages 378-395

   7. Olfaction and Human Sexuality: A Psychoanalytic Approach

      • Irving Bieber, Toby B. Bieber, Richard C. Friedman

      Pages 396-409

   8. Olfaction and Emotion

      • Howard Ehrlichman, Linda Bastone

      Pages 410-438

   9. Primary Olfactory Disorders: Anosmia, Hyposmia, and Dysosmia

      • David V. Smith, Heather J. Duncan

      Pages 439-466

A book such as this one necessarily entails the effort of many individuals. Its first seed was a workshop in 1988 that one of us (K. L. C. ) designed and directed at the City University of New York Graduate Center as part of a series of conferences and workshops on topics in neuropsychology spon­ sored by the Institute for Research in Behavioral Neuroscience (IRBN). At that time, studies in the efficacy of olfaction as an alternative modality of stimulation in brain-injured adults were taking place at IRBN. The work­ shop helped to spark many new ideas among IRBN's staff, leading to various projects in clinical intervention, some of which are discussed in this volume. We soon discovered that clinical interest in olfaction was steadily increasing, and that this modality was in many ways on a par with the rest. Along with progress in the clinical investigation of olfaction, an abundance of work has been published in the basic science of the field. Ideas such as the regeneration of olfactory neurons and the use of these neurons in trans­ plantation took hold and were proved to be viable ones. These develop­ ments along with a profusion of techniques that allow a closer look at the anatomy and physiology of olfaction, have contributed to the accelerated pace with which this field is now advancing. Dr.

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