Smell loss may mark Alzheimer's start as olfactory damage map comes into focus

MedicalXpress | avr. 26, 2026

A research team has, for the first time, identified at the cellular level why the olfactory system is the first to be damaged in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (dementia). The paper is published in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia. The team was led by Prof. Moon Cheil of the Department of Brain Sciences at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, in collaboration with a team led by Prof. Ali Jahanshahi at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.