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Association among Olfactory Function, Lifestyle and BMI in Female and Male Elderly Subjects: A Cross-Sectional Study by Sollai, Giorgia, Crnjar, Roberto

“…Physical activities seem to counteract the age-related physiological decline of the olfactory function which, influencing the food choices and eating behavior,…”
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Age-Related Olfactory Decline Is Associated With Levels of Exercise and Non-exercise Physical Activities by Sollai, Giorgia, Crnjar, Roberto

“…Objective : This cross-sectional study evaluates the impact of active or non-active lifestyle in terms of physical, cognitive and social activity on the…”
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TAS2R38 bitter taste receptor and attainment of exceptional longevity by Melis, Melania, Errigo, Alessandra, Crnjar, Roberto, Pes, Giovanni Mario, Tomassini Barbarossa, Iole

“…Bitter taste receptors play crucial roles in detecting bitter compounds not only in the oral cavity, but also in extraoral tissues where they are involved in a…”
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Relationship between Olfactory Function and BMI in Normal Weight Healthy Subjects and Patients with Overweight or Obesity by Velluzzi, Fernanda, Deledda, Andrea, Onida, Maurizio, Loviselli, Andrea, Crnjar, Roberto, Sollai, Giorgia

“…Smell plays a critical role in food choice and intake by influencing energy balance and body weight. Malnutrition problems or modified eating behaviors have…”
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Neuromuscular Anatomy and Motor Patterns at the Base of Calling Behaviour in the Female Spongy Moth Lymantria dispar by Solari, Paolo, Sollai, Giorgia, Crnjar, Roberto

“…"Calling behaviour" is a stereotyped rhythmic motor pattern displayed by female moths, by which they emit the sex pheromone to attract of conspecific males…”
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Qualitative and Quantitative Sex-Related Differences in the Perception of Single Molecules from Coffee Headspace by Sollai, Giorgia, Solari, Paolo, Crnjar, Roberto

“…One of the still-debated topics regarding the olfactory function concerns the presence or absence of sex-related differences in individuals. In this study, we…”
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Olfactory Sensitivity Is Associated with Body Mass Index and Polymorphism in the Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels Kv1.3 by Melis, Melania, Tomassini Barbarossa, Iole, Crnjar, Roberto, Sollai, Giorgia

“…Smell strongly contributes to food choice and its hedonistic evaluation. A reduction or loss of smell has been related to malnutrition problems, resulting in…”
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Fat storage in Drosophila suzukii is influenced by different dietary sugars in relation to their palatability by Biolchini, Maurizio, Murru, Elisabetta, Anfora, Gianfranco, Loy, Francesco, Banni, Sebastiano, Crnjar, Roberto, Sollai, Giorgia

“…The peripheral sensitivity and palatability of different carbohydrates was evaluated and their nutritional value assessed in adult females of D. suzukii by…”
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Associations between orosensory perception of oleic acid, the common single nucleotide polymorphisms (rs1761667 and rs1527483) in the CD36 gene, and 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) tasting by Melis, Melania, Sollai, Giorgia, Muroni, Patrizia, Crnjar, Roberto, Barbarossa, Iole Tomassini

“…Orosensory perception of dietary fat varies in individuals, thus influencing nutritional status. Several studies associated fat detection and preference with…”
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First objective evaluation of taste sensitivity to 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP), a paradigm gustatory stimulus in humans by Sollai, Giorgia, Melis, Melania, Pani, Danilo, Cosseddu, Piero, Usai, Ilenia, Crnjar, Roberto, Bonfiglio, Annalisa, Tomassini Barbarossa, Iole

“…Practical and reliable methods for the objective measure of taste function are critically important for studying eating behavior and taste function impairment…”
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Differences in Salivary Proteins as a Function of PROP Taster Status and Gender in Normal Weight and Obese Subjects by Melis, Melania, Mastinu, Mariano, Pintus, Stefano, Cabras, Tiziana, Crnjar, Roberto, Tomassini Barbarossa, Iole

“…Taste plays an important role in processes such as food choices, nutrition status and health. Salivary proteins contribute to taste sensitivity. Taste…”
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Effect of chemical interaction between oleic acid and L-Arginine on oral perception, as a function of polymorphisms of CD36 and OBPIIa and genetic ability to taste 6-n-propylthiouracil by Melis, Melania, Mastinu, Mariano, Arca, Massimiliano, Crnjar, Roberto, Tomassini Barbarossa, Iole

“…Oral sensitivity to fats varies in individuals influencing nutritional status and health. Variations in oleic acid perception are associated with CD36 and…”
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Genetic sensitivity to the bitter taste of 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) and its association with physiological mechanisms controlling body mass index (BMI) by Tepper, Beverly J, Banni, Sebastiano, Melis, Melania, Crnjar, Roberto, Tomassini Barbarossa, Iole

“…Taste sensitivity to the bitter compound 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) is considered a marker for individual differences in taste perception that may influence…”
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The Human Nose as a Chemical Sensor in the Perception of Coffee Aroma: Individual Variability by Crnjar, Roberto, Solari, Paolo, Sollai, Giorgia

“…The flavor of foods and beverages is generally composed of a mixture of volatile compounds, however not all the molecules that form an aroma are sensorially…”
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Automated Classification of 6-n-Propylthiouracil Taster Status with Machine Learning by Naciri, Lala Chaimae, Mastinu, Mariano, Crnjar, Roberto, Tomassini Barbarossa, Iole, Melis, Melania

“…Several studies have used taste sensitivity to 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) to evaluate interindividual taste variability and its impact on food preferences,…”
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Topic: Arthropod Biodiversity: Ecological and Functional Aspects by Sollai, Giorgia, Giglio, Anita, Giulianini, Piero G, Crnjar, Roberto, Solari, Paolo

“…Invertebrate animals with a segmented body, exoskeleton, and articulated appendages represent the largest phylum in the animal kingdom, Arthropoda, and account…”
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Structural and transcriptional evidence of mechanotransduction in the Drosophila suzukii ovipositor by Crava, Cristina Maria, Zanini, Damiano, Amati, Simone, Sollai, Giorgia, Crnjar, Roberto, Paoli, Marco, Rossi-Stacconi, Marco Valerio, Rota-Stabelli, Omar, Tait, Gabriella, Haase, Albrecht, Romani, Roberto, Anfora, Gianfranco

“…[Display omitted] •Drosophila suzukii ovipositor pegs and sensilla have a mechanosensilla-like structure.•D. suzukii and Drosophila melanogaster ovipositor…”
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Application of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) to Elucidate the Connections among Smell, Obesity with Related Metabolic Alterations, and Eating Habit in Patients with Weight Excess by Velluzzi, Fernanda, Deledda, Andrea, Lombardo, Mauro, Fosci, Michele, Crnjar, Roberto, Grossi, Enzo, Sollai, Giorgia

“…Obesity is a severe health problem linked to an increased risk of comorbidity and mortality and its etiopathogenesis includes genetic, epigenetic, microbiota…”
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Differences in the Olfactory Sensitivity of Ceratitis capitata to Headspace of Some Host Plants in Relation to Sex, Mating Condition and Population by Sollai, Giorgia, Solari, Paolo, Crnjar, Roberto

“…The Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata Wied., is among the most serious pests in horticulture worldwide, due to its high reproductive potential,…”
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Automated identification of the genetic variants of TAS2R38 bitter taste receptor with supervised learning by Naciri, Lala Chaimae, Mastinu, Mariano, Crnjar, Roberto, Barbarossa, Iole Tomassini, Melis, Melania

“…Several studies were focused on the genetic ability to taste the bitter compound 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) to assess the inter-individual taste variability…”
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