A research group led by Associate Professor Atsushi Takeda and Dr. Toru Baba at Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine has revealed that olfaction tests can predict the development of dementia associated Parkinson's disease. It has been known that Parkinson's disease tends to lead dementia. Olfaction tests will enable us to identify and treat dementia earlier. This research result has been published in Brain. The paper's title is "Severe olfactory dysfunction is a prodromal symptom of dementia associated with Parkinson's disease: a 3-year longitudinal study".

This research has been supported by Global COE Program (Basic & Translational Research Center for Global Brain Science) and Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research.

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