Odor identification performance in Idiopathic Parkinson's disease is associated with gender and the genetic variability of the olfactory binding-protein (OBPIIa).

In conclusion, our results confirmed a sex effect on the reduced olfactory performance of patients with PD and identified the OBPIIa locus, which may provide a mechanism to determine the risk factor for olfactory deficits in women with PD at the molecular level.
PMID: 30944919 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Chemical Senses - April 2, 2019 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Melis M, Sollai G, Masala C, Pisanu C, Cossu G, Melis M, Sarchioto M, Oppo V, Morelli M, Crnjar R, Hummel T, Tomassini Barbarossa I Tags: Chem Senses Source Type: research