title: [Decrease and asymmetry in taste perception in patients with nerve trunk damage].
abstract: The purpose of this article was the gustatory perception state study (NaCl solution perception) in patients with one-sided damages of branchial plexus as well as of radial, facial and ulnar nervous trunks. The decrease of gustatory perception was observed in 78 (70.3%) cases, while the lack of such alterations in 33 (29.7%) patients. The gustatory perception disturbances (increase of the absolute threshold on the ipsilateral tongue's half) took place in 82.2% and 69.6% at right and left limbs damages respectively. The results presented testified the strengthening of normally existing asymmetry in gustatory perception especially in patients with left-sided denervation. The degree of gustatory perception restoration may serve as a prognostic test at surgery of such patients.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Nikulina
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Kokin
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Morozov
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D059348:Peripheral Nerve Injuries; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000503:physiopathology; D011379:Prognosis; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D013651:Taste Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013652:Taste Threshold / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride
vernacular_title: Snizhenie i asimmetriia vkusnogo vospriiatiia u bol'nykh s povrezhdeniem nervnykh stvolov.