Olfactory dysfunction in MS may be linked to nasal microbial changes, not just central inflammation. MS patients showed lower ...

Patients with Sjogren's syndrome showed significant impairments in olfactory function, Chinese researchers reported. These patients were more often found to have anosmia (13.5% vs 0%) and hyposmia (19 ...

The sense of smell is a complex process of the central nervous system that involves specific areas of the brain. In fact, olfactory dysfunction is seen in various central nervous system disorders that ...

Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with nasal polyps exhibited significant improvement in olfactory function when treated with a combination of oral and nasal steroids vs nasal steroids alone.

Scientists have discovered that blood flow helps direct the movement of newly formed neurons in the adult brain, revealing a surprising link between circulation and brain cell migration.

Researchers have discovered how newly created neurons depend on blood flow in the adult brain to travel from their site of ...

In a study posted to the medRxiv* pre-print server, scientists from a Swedish University assessed olfactory loss and dysfunction among coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients to objectively ...

Sense of smell can be altered for 5 months or more after acute SARS-CoV-2 infection, Canadian researchers reported. Nearly one in five healthcare workers who had a compromised sense of smell when they ...

Exposure to ultrafine particles from traffic alters the expression of many genes in human olfactory mucosa cells, a new study shows. The study is the first to combine an analysis of emissions from ...