The Elderly Lose Their Ability To Distinguish Between Odors, Posing Hazards
Scientists studying how the sense of smell changes as people age, found that olfactory sensory neurons in those 60 and over showed an unexpected response to odor that made it more difficult to distinguish specific smells, putting them at greater risk from dangerous chemicals and poor nutrition…
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The Elderly Lose Their Ability To Distinguish Between Odors, Posing Hazards
November 14, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: changes-as-people, from-dangerous, greater-risk, more-difficult, neurology / neuroscience, olfactory-sensory, oncalldietitian.com, people-age, sense, smell-changes, specific-smells, studying-how, the-sense, unexpected-response
