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An olfactory ‘stress test’ may detect preclinical Alzheimer’s disease

BACKGROUND: The olfactory bulb (OB) receives extensive cholinergic input from the basal forebrain and is affected very early in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We speculated that an olfactory ‘stress test’ (OST), targeting the OB, might be used to unmask incipient AD. We investigated if change in olfactor...

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Autores principales: Schofield, Peter W, Ebrahimi, Houman, Jones, Alison L, Bateman, Grant A, Murray, Sonya R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3403955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22551361
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-12-24