An olfactory 'stress test' for early detection of Alzheimer's disease

用于早期发现阿尔茨海默病的嗅觉“压力测试”

• 批准号: nhmrc : 1029815
• 负责人: A/Pr Peter Schofield
• 金额: $ 51.68万
• 依托单位: The University of Newcastle
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Project Grants
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2012-01-01 至 2017-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://researchdata.edu.au/an-olfactory-stress-alzheimers-disease/110712
• 关键词: olfactory; stress; test; early; detection

Early detection of Alzheimer's disease will be especially important when treatments become available that can slow or halt the progress of the disease. The sense of smell (olfaction) is affected early in the evolution of Alzheimer's disease. We have introduced a simple, inexpensive modification to standard testing of olfaction that we believe may help identify individuals with very early stage Alzheimer's disease. Our study is designed to assess this promising new approach.

当可以减缓或阻止疾病进展的治疗方法出现时，早期发现阿尔茨海默病将特别重要。嗅觉（嗅觉）在阿尔茨海默病演变的早期就受到影响。我们已经引入了一种简单，廉价的修改，以标准的嗅觉测试，我们相信这可能有助于识别早期阿尔茨海默氏病的个体。我们的研究旨在评估这种有前途的新方法。