Loss of ability to detect odors?

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Loss of ability to detect odors?

Generally, information for the senses is routed through a thalamus. If a person suddenly lost the ability to detect odors, why would it be safe to assume this had nothing directly to do with the thalamus?

2007-11-16 19:00:04 · 2 answers · asked by JM 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine

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If there was sufficient pathology in the thalamus to stop you smelling you would lose many and significant other important things of far more consequence.......

2007-11-17 00:04:34 · answer #1 · answered by Menthoids 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

It could be the olfactory bulbs themselves. The causes of ANOSMIA are several to many.

2007-11-17 10:30:12 · answer #2 · answered by greydoc6 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋