Article
Olfaction in Parkinson's disease and related disorders.
Neurobiology of disease - 1 Jun 2012
Doty Richard L
Abstract excerpt
Olfactory dysfunction is an early 'pre-clinical' sign of Parkinson's disease (PD). The present review is a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of such dysfunction in PD and related disorders. The olfactory bulb is implicated in the dysfunction, since only those syndromes with olfactory bulb pathology exhibit significant smell loss. The role of dopamine in the production of olfactory system pathology is...
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