Olfactory detection of a complex versus a simple substance in advanced age.
Thresholds for lavandin oil (highly complex substance) and n-butanol (single compound) averaged higher in subjects over 70 years than in controls under 30, by comparable amounts and with about the same variability.
Stevens
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John B. Pierce Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06519.
Spencer
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D020001:1-Butanol; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000440:Butanols; D010476:Perfume; D012903:Smell / Q000502:physiology*
D000440:Butanols; D010476:Perfume; D020001:1-Butanol