Sensory Science and Chronic Diseases

Preface. - 1. Taste and Smell Systems Development during infancy, childhood. - 2. Anatomy, Physiology and Neurobiology of Olfaction and Gustation. - 3. Measurement of Olfaction : Screening and assessment. - 4. Measurements of Gustation: Screening and assessment. - 5. Measurements of Chemesthesis. - 6. Integration of taste, smell and chemestesis: Clinical Implications. - 7. Overview of olfaction and gustation under metabolic influences. - 8. Studies on the sense of smell and taste in individuals with obesity. - 9. Studies on the sense of smell and taste in individuals with diabetes. - 10. Studies on the sense of smell and taste in individuals with hypertension. - 11. Studies on the sense of smell and taste in psychiatric disorders. - 12. Taste and Smell alterations and Neurodegenarative Disorders. - 13. Taste and smell in weight loss surgery 3. - 14. Taste and Smell alterations and Cancer Therapies. - 15. Oral health and chemosensory problems. - 16. Chemosensation and pharmacological treatments. - 17. Oral and Extraoral Olfactory and Taste Receptors. - 18. Sensory Nutrition. Implications to Health and Personalized Medicine. - 19. Oral health and Microbiome: Implications for Taste.