PHILADELPHIA (May 17, 2016) - Deterioration in a person's ability to smell can sometimes be an early sign of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's or Alzheimer's. Now, researchers at the ...
In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the Washington University, United States (US), estimated the trajectory of coronavirus disease ...
When it comes to early detection of cognitive impairment, a new study suggests that the nose knows. Researchers from Mass General Brigham developed olfactory tests—in which participants sniff odor ...
A small prospective study from Taiwan showed that olfactory function begins to deteriorate at a radiation therapy dose of 22 Gy in patients with head and neck cancer. Only 17% of patients developed ...
In a recent article published in Scientific Reports, researchers investigated the changes in olfactory bulb volume and structural connectivity of the brain in patients with olfactory dysfunction (OD) ...
Your sense of smell comes from the olfactory nerve, the first cranial nerve. Multiple sensory nerve fibers make up the olfactory nerve. This nerve plays a vital role in using your senses to enjoy your ...