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Impaired Olfactory Identification in Asperger's Syndrome

Received July 24, 2001; revised December 6, 2001; accepted December 14, 2001. From the Clinical Age Research Unit, Department of Health Care of the Elderly, Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine, King's College London (Y.S.); Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, De Crespigny Park (H.D.C., A.R., D.G.M.M.); and Department of Psychology, St George's Hospital Medical School, Tooting (P.H.), London, United Kingdom. Address correspondence to Dr. Suzuki, Department of Geriatrics, Medicine in Growth and Aging, Program in Health and Community Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-Cho, Showa-Ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan. E-mail: yus{at}med.nagoya-u.ac.jp

ABSTRACT

The authors measured odor detection threshold and odor identification in 12 males with Asperger's syndrome and 12 matched control subjects. Relative to control subjects, Asperger's syndrome subjects were not impaired at odor detection but were significantly impaired at olfactory identification.

Key Words: Asperger's Syndrome • Olfactory Identification • Orbitofrontal Cortex

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