Retro-nasal aroma release is correlated with variations in the in-mouth air cavity volume after empty deglutition.

We hypothesized that interindividual differences in motor activities during chewing and/or swallowing were determining factors for the transfer of volatile aroma from the in-mouth air cavity (IMAC) toward the olfactory mucosa. In our first experiment, we looked for changes in IMAC volume after saliv...

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Main Authors: Anne Mishellany-Dutour, Alain Woda, Hélène Labouré, Pierre Bourdiol, Pauline Lachaze, Elisabeth Guichard, Gilles Feron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3398906?pdf=render