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Objective: To investigate the differences in regions of brain activation in response to olfactory stimulation by functional magnetic resonance imaging in conditions of prior warning of an odor and without.
Methods: Participants were 17 normal right-handed volunteers; 8 participants received prior warning of the odor (informed condition) and 9 participants were not pre-warned (naïve condition). The odorant used was isovaleric acid.
Results: In the informed condition with prior warning, activation was observed in the putamen extending to the insula, amygdala, and inferior frontal gyrus, and there was instant reification of the odor, while in the naïve condition without prior warning, activation was observed in the anterior cingulate cortex, entorhinal cortex, putamen and inferior frontal gyrus, and recognition of the odor was difficult.
Conclusions: These results suggest that the condition prior to olfactory stimulation, i.e., with or without prior warning, can affect recognition and regions of brain activation in response to olfactory stimulation using isovaleric acid. Differences in recognition and regions of brain activation between both conditions could be associated with response latencies, or degree of attention, expectation and/or concentration.
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