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This is an indication that the definition of PD as a "movement disorder" is too narrow. If we functioned like creatures who depend greatly on the sense of smell, PD would be called an olfactory disorder and would be researched and treated as such. I have read of research being done in England on the effects of PD on that part of the brain called the olfactory bulb. Lewy bodies have been found there, and it is proposed that environmental substances that cause of PD enter via the nose and have their first effects there. Phil Tompkins Amherst, Mass. age 62/dx 1990 On 7 Jul 00, at 22:19, Margaret Moylan wrote: > In response to Alf's question about sense of smell and the tasteless Parkie, > I began losing my sense of smell years before I had any neurological > indications of PD and have almost none today. But I don't believe there's a > thing wrong with my sense of taste. Other than avoiding protein like the > plague during the day, I eat what I please and enjoy it. But I too have > often wondered why this is true as we've always been led to believe the two > senses were so closely related. Anybody have an answer? > Glynnismoy >