Early Warning Signs: How Loss of Smell Could Indicate Neurodegenerative Disease #shorts

Noam Sobel, PhD, explains how the loss of smell can be a very early indication of neurodegenerative disease. Please note that not every instance of loss of smell reflects broader nerve degeneration in the brain, but they are correlated and new diagnostic tools are starting to leverage that link.

Dr. Sobel also explains a new emerging theory of Alzheimer's, which is directly related to pathogen entry through the nose. Keep in mind that brain neurons extend into your nose. So this is not such an outrageous idea after all.

Noam Sobel, PhD, is a professor of neurobiology in the department of brain sciences at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Dr. Andrew Huberman is a tenured professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford University School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab podcast.

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[patrickmeagher]

Would be interested to hear how this ties into individuals who lost their sense of smell from covid. A logical conclusion is that covid causes a form of neurological degeneration.

[larareynolds]

Hence why I have always prioritised the importance of always making sure my supplies of Chanel parfume are fully preserved. An Important guage for my aging health and rampant narcisism.

[SkipFreeman-BuildingAutomation]

What about loss of sense of smell due to COVID? I've had COVID 2x (bad, ended up in the ER), and I have ZERO smell.

[mnxon_pawz]

Btw TYSM for they hiccup vid, I’d been hiccuping all day, it rlly hurt, and that saved me. I’m very thankful ❤❤❤

[ZV_iBlitzkrieg]

We'll what's pass the nose, "blood brain barrier", what'd they try doing ramming those swabs into blood barrier for, imagine that

[nawshad]

i am 21 and my sense of smell is low i think. what should i do now?

[laelfoo]

My grandma has been losing her sense of smell :( so then what can I do?

[knsd]

What should someone do about it? I've been having weird nightmares sleep paralysis for quite a while and ive been losing my sense of smell for about 4 years, and i'm also struggling with fatigue everyday. i'm 24 right now. Does it mean i have a higher risk of having a neurodegenerative disease? Is there something i can do about it?

[NirtieDigger]

Holy Neanderthal dna in that guy is huge

[Samirrapha]

why does he sound almost exactly like Andrew

[xeropunt]

1. Covid
2. Tobacco
3. Lack of sun/d3
4. ?

[Leo_Fender]

Close your eyes. This is 100% the voice of Fred Armisen 😂