[Characteristics of olfactory event-related potentials in young adults with normal smell].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the characteristics of OERPs of young adults.


METHODS
Subjects included 55 young volunteers (male/female 25/30) with normosmic. A complete ENT examination, A subjective olfactometry with T&T olfactometer were performed in all subjects. OERPs with stimulus isoamyl acetate (<1,648 x 10(-6)), and air control were obtained in volunteers.


RESULTS
OERPs were obtained in both male and female volunteers. P2, the primary component of OERPs, was identified in all volunteers. No significant difference was found in latencies of the components of OERPs between male and female volunteers. N1-P2 interpeak amplitudes were larger in the female subjects than male subjects (P<0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
P2 component of OERPs is identified in all young adults, both gender and interstimulus interval have impact on N1-P2 interpeak amplitudes.
Liu
Jianfeng
J
Department of Otolaryngology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100730, China.
Ni
Daofeng
D
Zhang
Qiuhang
Q
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012903:Smell / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult