Open AccessParkinson disease in eldery patients: lessons from odour detection thresholds on olfacto-trigeminal interaction
Author(s) -
Clovis Foguem,
Mohamed Lemdani,
Caroline Huart
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
rhinology (amsterdam. online)/rhinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.275
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1996-8604
pISSN - 0300-0729
DOI - 10.4193/rhin17.016
Subject(s) - medicine , audiology , olfaction , trigeminal nerve , sensory threshold , detection threshold , sensory system , olfactory system , anesthesia , neuroscience , psychiatry , psychology , real time computing , computer science , cognitive science
Human nasal chemosensation is mediated by two separate, though interacting sensory pathways: the trigeminal and olfactory systems. Trigeminal sensitivity and olfacto-trigeminal interactions have not yet been well studied in idiopathic Parkinsons disease (IPD).