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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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An Overview of “Insect Biodiversity” by Sollai, Giorgia, Solari, Paolo

“…Insects comprise more than half of all described species in the animal kingdom and account for a considerable proportion of all biodiversity on the planet [...]…”
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Effect of the rs2821557 Polymorphism of the Human Kv1.3 Gene on Olfactory Function and BMI in Different Age Groups by Melis, Melania, Mastinu, Mariano, Sollai, Giorgia

“…The sense of smell plays an important role in influencing the eating habits of individuals and consequently, their body weight, and its impairment has been…”
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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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The Implications of Taste and Olfaction in Nutrition and Health by Melis, Melania, Tomassini Barbarossa, Iole, Sollai, Giorgia

“…Taste and olfaction are sensory modalities that act synergistically to orchestrate the behaviors essential for survival, such as interactions with the…”
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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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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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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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Effects of chitosan and erythritol on labellar taste neuron activity, proboscis extension reflex, daily food intake, and mortality of male and female spotted-winged drosophila, Drosophila suzukii by Piñero, Jaime C., Stoffolano, John G., Chiu, Katherine, Colletti, Kay, Dixon, Zoe, Salemme, Victoria, Crnjar, Roberto, Sollai, Giorgia

“…[Display omitted] •Characterized the peripheral sensitivity and palatability of chitosan and erythritol.•The compounds tested evoked responses from gustatory…”
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Editorial: An Integrated Model of the Olfactory System Through Phylogenetic, Evolutionary, and Clinical Aspects: From Invertebrates to Humans, Through Sensory, Perceptual, and Cognitive Olfactometry Studies by Sollai, Giorgia, Di Cosmo, Anna, Invitto, Sara

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Blue-Green Algae as Stimulating and Attractive Feeding Substrates for a Mediterranean Commercial Sea Urchin Species, Paracentrotus lividus by Solari, Paolo, Sollai, Giorgia, Pasquini, Viviana, Giglioli, Angelica, Crnjar, Roberto, Addis, Piero

“…Sea urchins rely on chemical senses to localize suitable food resources, therefore representing model species for chemosensory studies. In the present study,…”
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