Huntington's disease patients show impaired perception of disgust in the gustatory and olfactory modalities

I J Mitchell; H Heims; E A Neville; H Rickards

doi:10.1176/jnp.17.1.119

Huntington's disease patients show impaired perception of disgust in the gustatory and olfactory modalities

J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2005 Winter;17(1):119-21. doi: 10.1176/jnp.17.1.119.

Authors

I J Mitchell¹, H Heims, E A Neville, H Rickards

Affiliation

¹ School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK. I.J.Mitchell@bham.ac.uk

PMID: 15746492
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.17.1.119

Abstract

Patients with Huntington's disease show deficits in recognizing disgust in the facial expressions and vocal intonations of others. In this study, the authors demonstrate that these disgust-related deficits extend to foul-smelling olfactory stimuli and inappropriate combinations of taste stimuli.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Humans
Huntington Disease / physiopathology*
Perceptual Distortion / physiology*
Smell / physiology*
Taste / physiology*