Mechanisms of olfactory dysfunction in aging and neurodegenerative disorders

被引:177
作者
Kovács, T [1 ]
机构
[1] Semmelweis Univ, Sch Med, Dept Neurol, H-1083 Budapest, Hungary
基金
英国惠康基金;
关键词
olfaction; aging; Alzheimer's disease; Parkinson's disease; Parkinsonian syndromes; Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease;
D O I
10.1016/j.arr.2003.10.003
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Although olfaction is the primal sense in animals, its importance in humans is underappreciated. Extensive literature demonstrates that aging is accompanied by olfactory loss and hyposmia/anosmia which is also a feature of several neurodegenerative disorders. Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases are characterized by severe olfactory deficits, while problems of olfactory discrimination are less prominent features in several other disorders. Olfactory loss is accompanied by structural abnormalities of the olfactory epithelium, the olfactory bulb and the central olfactory cortices. This review summarizes our present knowledge about the pathological changes in the olfactory system during aging and in various neurodegenerative diseases. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:215 / 232
页数:18
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