Olfactory impairment in autoimmune encephalitis: another piece of the puzzle

• Published in: Journal of neurology Vol. 269; no. 5; pp. 2762 - 2768
• Main Authors: Morano, Alessandra, Cerulli Irelli, Emanuele, Fanella, Martina, Orlando, Biagio, Salamone, Enrico Michele, Tinelli, Emanuele, Ruffolo, Gabriele, Zuliani, Luigi, Fattouch, Jinane, Manfredi, Mario, Giallonardo, Anna Teresa, Di Bonaventura, Carlo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.05.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Anosmia; Autoantibodies; Autoimmune diseases; EEG; Encephalitis; Encephalitis - complications; Encephalitis - diagnostic imaging; Female; Hashimoto Disease - complications; Humans; Inflammation; Limbic system; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Nervous system; Neuroimaging; Neurology; Neuroradiology; Neurosciences; Olfaction; Olfaction disorders; Olfaction Disorders - diagnosis; Patients; Short; Short Commentary; Smell; Anosmia; Neuroinflammation; Limbic system; Smell impairment; Autoimmune encephalitis

Background Despite being long neglected, olfaction has recently become a focus of intense research in neuroscience, as smell impairment has been consistently documented in both neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory diseases. Considering the close anatomo-functional correlations between the limbic...