Electro-olfactography

Electro-olfactography or electroolfactography (EOG) is a type of electrography (electrophysiologic test) that aids the study of olfaction (the sense of smell). It measures and records the changing electrical potentials of the olfactory epithelium,[1] in a way similar to how other forms of electrography (such as ECG, EEG, and EMG) measure and record other bioelectric activity.

Not to be confused with electrooculography, which "EOG" usually refers to.
Electro-olfactography

Electro-olfactography has been used for decades to advance the basic science of smell,[1][2][3] although the advances in molecular biology in recent decades have expanded olfactory science beyond the knowledge that the electrical recordings of electro-olfactography alone could provide.[1] Electro-olfactography is closely related to electroantennography, the electrography of insect antennae olfaction.[1] Neuroscientist David Ottoson (1918-2001) discovered the electro-olfactogram (EOG) and analysed its properties in great detail.[4]

References
  1. Glatz, Richard, ed. (2015), Molecular Basis of Olfaction. Volume 130 of Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science, Academic Press, p. ix, ISBN 978-0128029138.
  2. Scott, JW; Scott-Johnson, PE (2002). "The electroolfactogram: a review of its history and uses". Microsc Res Tech. 58 (3): 152–160. doi:10.1002/jemt.10133. PMID 12203693.
  3. Myers, LJ; Nash, R; Elledge, HS (1984). "Electro-olfactography: a technique with potential for diagnosis of anosmia in the dog". Am J Vet Res. 45 (11): 2296–2298. PMID 6524723.
  4. Døving, Kjell (2003), "David Ottoson (1918–2001)", Chemical Senses, 28 (2): 83–84, doi:10.1093/chemse/28.2.83.


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