reukvermogen anosmia
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Wageningen Universiteit
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 64 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: For patients: * Labelled as hyposmic or anosmic according to a standardised olfactory test * Smell loss due to a viral infection * Aged between 18-65 years * Have normal/ corrected to normal eyesight * Willing to follow the study procedures * Having given written informed consent * Righthanded For controls: * Self-reported healthy * Labelled as normosmic according to a standardised olfactory test * Aged between 18-65 years * Have normal/ corrected to normal eyesight * Willing to follow the study procedures * Having given written informed consent * Matched on sex to patient * Matched on age (within +/- 3 years) to patient * Righthanded
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: * Having congenital anosmia (because olfactory networks will be different from people who have been able to smell) * Having suffered from head trauma * Having chronic (neurological) diseases which impact brain functioning (e.g. mental health disorder, epilepsy) * Having fluctuating smell ability * Being deaf (or having hearing problems) or blind * Being an employee at the division of Human Nutrition and Health at Wageningen University * Performing a thesis or internship at the chair group Sensory Science and Eating Behaviour at the division of Human Nutrition and Health at Wageningen University
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Difference in event-related potentials in response to olfactory stimuli between patients with smell loss and controls | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Score on the Sniffin' Sticks test (smell test) of participants and its correlation with N1 and P2 amplitudes of olfactory ERPs. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed