2 Cerebrovascular Emergency—Acute Stroke Diagnosis and Management
Maria Carissa C. Pineda, Sridhara S. Yaddanapudi, and Norman Ajiboye Abstarct Stroke is one of the leading causes of disability in the USA. Timely acute interventions in the form of…
1 Encephalopathy and Delirium
Catriona M. Harrop Abstract Encephalopathy is characterized by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke as “any diffuse disease of the brain that alters brain function or structure,” 1…
Functional Anatomy of the Olfactory System I: From the Nasal Cavity to the Olfactory Bulb
10.1055/b-0034-91129 Functional Anatomy of the Olfactory System I: From the Nasal Cavity to the Olfactory Bulb Structural ConsiderationsDavid E. Hornung The nasal air passageways are delineated in the anterior plane…
Functional Anatomy of the Gustatory System: From the Taste Papilla to the Gustatory Cortex
10.1055/b-0034-91140 Functional Anatomy of the Gustatory System: From the Taste Papilla to the Gustatory CortexTatsu Kobayakawa, Hisashi Ogawa General Aspects of Taste Sensation Taste sensation is one of the five…
Taste Testing
10.1055/b-0034-91141 Taste TestingTino Just, Masafumi Sakagami General Remarks on Gustatory Testing In the general population, isolated taste disturbances are rare. Using two different psychophysical taste tests, hypogeusia was found in…
Miscellaneous Causes of Olfactory Dysfunction
10.1055/b-0034-91136 Miscellaneous Causes of Olfactory DysfunctionPhilippe Rombaux Introduction Olfactory and gustatory disorders can be due to a wide variety of causes and can profoundly influence a patient′s quality of life….
Functional Anatomy of the Olfactory System II: Central Relays, Pathways, and their Function
10.1055/b-0034-91130 Functional Anatomy of the Olfactory System II: Central Relays, Pathways, and their FunctionJessica Freiherr, Martin Wiesmann, Martin Witt Introduction The first steps of central olfactory processing are accomplished in…
Structural Imaging in Chemosensory Dysfunction
10.1055/b-0034-91144 Structural Imaging in Chemosensory DysfunctionNasreddin Abolmaali Summary Structural imaging in chemosensory dysfunction can visualize the morphological anatomy and pathology of the entire chemosensory pathway, from the oral and nasal…
Flavor: Interaction Between the Chemical Senses
10.1055/b-0034-91146 Flavor: Interaction Between the Chemical SensesAntje Welge-Luessen, Dana M. Small, Thomas Hummel Summary Both chemical senses, smell and taste, contribute enormously to flavor perception, but it has been shown…
Postinfectious and Post-traumatic Olfactory Disorders
10.1055/b-0034-91135 Postinfectious and Post-traumatic Olfactory DisordersCarl Philpott, Ron DeVere Etiology, Prevalence, and Pathophysiology Postinfectious Olfactory Disorders The common cold, while a minor inconvenience for most, remains a scourge of modern…
