Perceiving Nasal Patency through Mucosal Cooling Rather than Air Temperature or Nasal Resistance

Kai Zhao; Kara Blacker; Yuehao Luo; Bruce Bryant; Jianbo Jiang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024618

Loading metrics

Open Access

Peer-reviewed

Research Article

Perceiving Nasal Patency through Mucosal Cooling Rather than Air Temperature or Nasal Resistance

Kai Zhao ,

* E-mail: kzhao@monell.org

Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
⨯
Kara Blacker,

Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
⨯
Yuehao Luo,

Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
⨯
Bruce Bryant,

Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
⨯
Jianbo Jiang

Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
⨯

Perceiving Nasal Patency through Mucosal Cooling Rather than Air Temperature or Nasal Resistance

Kai Zhao,
Kara Blacker,
Yuehao Luo,
Bruce Bryant,
Jianbo Jiang

Published: October 13, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024618

Reader Comments

Post a new comment on this article

Media Coverage of This Article

Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 21 Oct 2011 at 18:30 GMT

The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:

Publication: Zee News India
Title: “Humidity aggravates nasal congestion”
http://zeenews.india.com/...

Publication: Med Page Today
Title: “Medical News: Air Temp, Moisture Determine How Stuffy Nose Feels - in Primary Care, Preventive Care from MedPage Today”
http://www.medpagetoday.c...

Publication: msnbc.com
Title: “The Body Odd - Sinus infection? It's the humidity”
http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn....

If you see any additional coverage of this paper in the press or blogosphere, please reply to this thread and add the link to the article.

Competing interests declared: PLoS ONE Staff

Subject Areas
?

For more information about PLOS Subject Areas, click here.
We want your feedback. Do these Subject Areas make sense for this article? Click the target next to the incorrect Subject Area and let us know. Thanks for your help!

Sensory perception
Is the Subject Area "Sensory perception" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Humidity
Is the Subject Area "Humidity" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Nasal mucosa
Is the Subject Area "Nasal mucosa" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Butanol
Is the Subject Area "Butanol" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Nasal diseases
Is the Subject Area "Nasal diseases" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Nasal passages
Is the Subject Area "Nasal passages" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Breathing
Is the Subject Area "Breathing" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Acoustics
Is the Subject Area "Acoustics" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.

Perceiving Nasal Patency through Mucosal Cooling Rather than Air Temperature or Nasal Resistance

Perceiving Nasal Patency through Mucosal Cooling Rather than Air Temperature or Nasal Resistance

Reader Comments

Post Your Discussion Comment

Why should this posting be reviewed?

Thank You!

Media Coverage of This Article

Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 21 Oct 2011 at 18:30 GMT