Olfaction and traumatic head injury - Is it possible to discriminate between malingering and patients with smell disorders based on nowadays knowledge? [PDF]
BACKGROUND. Olfaction is one the most important senses; however, even nowadays it is incompletely known in humans from an anatomical and physiological point of view, but also as concerns the assessment methods and treatment.
Iulia Sabaru, C. Sarafoleanu
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FDG PET, dopamine transporter SPECT, and olfaction: Combining biomarkers in REM sleep behavior disorder [PDF]
ABSTRACTBackgroundIdiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder is a prodromal stage of Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. Hyposmia, reduced dopamine transporter binding, and expression of the brain metabolic PD‐related pattern were each associated with increased risk of conversion to PD.
Sanne K. Meles+19 more
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Posttraumatic stress disorder: possibilities for olfaction and virtual reality exposure therapy [PDF]
Visual and auditory information has dominated the field of virtual reality (VR). Evaluation of the role of sensory stimulation in VR has highlighted olfactory stimulation as a potentially powerful yet underutilized therapeutic tool. Early studies of immersive environments, which were run as experiments, incorporated smell in the virtual experience ...
Mary Aiken, Mike Berry
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Altered social cognition is a core feature of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). These impairments have been explained as the consequence of compromised social motivational mechanisms that limit social interest and activate a cascade of social deficits.
F. Barros, S. Soares
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Functional and Morphological Disorders of Taste and Olfaction in COVID-19-Patients
Objectives: To test the prevalence and evolution of acute olfactory and gustatory functional impairment and of their morphologic correlates in COVID-19 patients who require hospitalization due to COVID-19-related respiratory conditions. Key-words: COVID-19, taste, olfaction, electrogustometry, contact endoscopy Design: Electrogustometric (EGM ...
Pavlos Pavlidis+4 more
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The Olfactory System: Basic Anatomy and Physiology for General Otorhinolaryngologists [PDF]
Olfaction is one of the five basic human senses, and it is known to be one of the most primitive senses. The sense of olfaction may have been critical for human survival in prehistoric society, and although many believe its importance has diminished over
Sun A Han+4 more
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Contemporary Review of Olfactory Dysfunction in COVID-19 [PDF]
The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an extreme threat to international health care, resulting in more than two million deaths.
Hwae-Joon Jung, Heung-Man Lee
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Management and treatment of taste and smell alterations in oncologic patients undergoing antitumoral therapy and radiotherapy [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this review is to investigate strategies to manage and treat taste and smell alterations in oncologic patients to minimize the effect these have on their quality of life and their nutritional model as well.
F. Sollazzo+16 more
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Frecuencia e implicaciones clínicas de la osmofobia en migraña vestibular
Objetivo: La migraña vestibular, es uno de los tipos de alteraciones vestibulares periféricas más comunes, asociada a la presentación de síntomas como cefalea, fotofobia, fonofobia y auras visuales. Otros como la osmofobia, si bien son reconocidos en la
Alejandro Garcia+3 more
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