doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000001892
Dong, Jing PhD; Yang, Jingyun PhD; Tranah, Greg PhD; Franceschini, Nora PhD; Parimi, Neeta PhD; Alkorta-Aranburu, Gorka PhD; Xu, Zongli PhD; Alonso, Alvaro MD, PhD; Cummings, Steven R. PhD; Fornage, Myriam PhD; Huang, Xuemei MD, PhD; Kritchevsky, Stephen PhD; Liu, Yongmei PhD; London, Stephanie MD, DrPH; Niu, Liang PhD; Wilson, Robert S. PhD; De Jager, Philip L. MD, PhD; Yu, Lei PhD; Singleton, Andrew B. PhD; Harris, Tamara MD, MS; Mosley, Thomas H. Jr PhD; Pinto, Jayant M. MD; Bennett, David A. MD; Chen, Honglei MD, PhD
Section Editor(s): Manchia., Mirko
Abstract: Olfactory dysfunction is common among older adults and affects their safety, nutrition, quality of life, and mortality. More importantly, the decreased sense of smell is an early symptom of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson disease (PD) and Alzheimer disease. However, the genetic determinants for the sense of smell have been poorly investigated.