Age-related olfactory decline is associated with the BDNF val66met polymorphism: Evidence from a population-based study

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue JUN, 2010, Pages

  Hedner, Margareta ^a,b   Nilsson, Lars Göran ^a,b   Olofsson, Jonas K ^a,b   Bergman, Olle ^c   Eriksson, Elias ^c   Nyberg, Lars ^d   Larsson, Maria ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Brain Institute   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d Department of Radiation Sciences and Integrative Medical Biology ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Odor identification; Olfaction; Val66met

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955837989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2010.00024     Document Type: Article

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