Traumatic brain injury causes loss of smell and taste

Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 08:21 in Health & Medicine

The ability to taste and smell can be lost or impaired after a head injury, according to a new study by scientists from the Universite de Montreal, the Lucie Bruneau Rehabilitation Centre, as well as the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal. Published in the journal Brain Injury, the investigation established that mild to severe traumatic brain injury could cause olfactory loss...

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