Our oldest senses are those related to chemogustatory ca-pacities: smell and taste. Of these,
smell is probably the oldest, and before we fully develop cerebral hemispheres, the olfactory …

The olfactory system consists of the primary olfactory nerves in the nasal cavity, the olfactory
bulbs and tracts, and numerous intracranial connections and pathways. Diseases affecting …

There are a number of disorders that may affect human olfactory function. Many of the
developmental and acquired diseases that affect the olfactory systems, including …

Three hundred fifty-four patients with taste and/or smell disorders were evaluated with
computed tomography (CT). The largest group was characterized by head trauma (27%) …

The olfactory pathway is composed of peripheral sinonasal and central sensorineural
components. The wide variety of different pathologies that can affect the olfactory pathway …

Publisher Summary This chapter outlines the basic anatomy of the olfactory and gustatory
systems and reviews findings from human lesion studies of patients with focal surgical …

The neurosurgeon, through routine neurological examination, encounters olfactory deficits
in those patients with skull fractures, contusions, lesions in the anterior fossa, and …

Olfactory dysfunction can generally be classified into (1) conductive disorders caused by
interference with the access of odorants to the olfactory receptors,(2) peripheral …

Loss of the sense of smell or taste is often a sign of neurological disease. Evaluating
chemosensation (the senses of smell and taste) during neurological examination can help …

One day clinical neurologists will wake up to the fact that within the special senses of smell
and taste lays an ocean of undiscovered information much of which will be relevant to our …