Figure 2.

Acute effects of intranasal insulin (40 IU, black bars) and placebo (0.4 ml, white bars) on olfactory sensitivity (highest olfactory sensitivity score = 16) for the odorants peanut (A) and n-butanol (B). n = 30 (males n = 16, females n = 14). While females showed reduced olfactory sensitivity for n-butanol (p = 0.045) after intranasal insulin, males did not. Olfactory sensitivity for peanut was not influenced by intranasal insulin in both genders. Data are provided as means and SEMs; *p < 0.05.