Taste
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Autocrine and paracrine roles for ATP and serotonin in mouse taste buds.

2 Nov 2009 Receptor (type II) taste bud cells secrete ATP during taste stimulation. In turn, ATP activates adjacent presynaptic (type III) cells to release serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, or 5-HT) and norepinephrine (NE). The roles of these neurotransmitters ... Read more...

Common sense about taste: from mammals to insects.

14 Oct 2009 The sense of taste is a specialized chemosensory system dedicated to the evaluation of food and drink. Despite the fact that vertebrates and insects have independently evolved distinct anatomic and molecular pathways for taste sensation, there are ... Read more...

The taste of carbonation.

14 Oct 2009 Carbonated beverages are commonly available and immensely popular, but little is known about the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the perception of carbonation in the mouth. In mammals, carbonation elicits both somatosensory and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Taste'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Autocrine and paracrine roles for ATP and serotonin in mouse taste buds. 2 Nov 2009
• Common sense about taste: from mammals to insects. 14 Oct 2009
• The taste of carbonation. 14 Oct 2009
• Psyllium as a substitute for gluten in bread. 29 Sep 2009
• The neural network for chemotaxis to tastants in Caenorhabditis elegans is specialized for temporal differentiation. 21 Sep 2009
• Taste-guided decisions differentially engage neuronal ensembles across gustatory cortices. 7 Sep 2009
• Proceedings of the 100th Anniversary Symposium of Umami Discovery: the roles of glutamate in taste, gastrointestinal function, metabolism, and physiology. Tokyo, Japan. September 11-13, 2008. 30 Aug 2009
• A comparison of the palatability of flavored oral contrasts. 30 Aug 2009
• Cell biology. Using taste to clear the air(ways). 26 Aug 2009
• Simultaneous but not independent anisomycin infusions in insular cortex and amygdala hinder stabilization of taste memory when updated. 23 Aug 2009
• Saliva and other taste stimuli are important for gustatory processing of linoleic acid. 17 Aug 2009
• Comparison of gas chromatography-coupled time-of-flight mass spectrometry and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy metabolite identification in white wines from a sensory study investigating wine body. 10 Aug 2009
• Attenuation of peripheral salt taste responses and local immune function contralateral to gustatory nerve injury: effects of aldosterone. 10 Aug 2009
• Implicit association between basic tastes and pitch. 9 Aug 2009
• Behavioral tagging is a general mechanism of long-term memory formation. 9 Aug 2009
• Linking peripheral taste processes to behavior. 8 Aug 2009
• A taste of the Drosophila gustatory receptors. 3 Aug 2009
• T1R receptors mediate mammalian sweet and umami taste. 3 Aug 2009
• Brain activation in restrained and unrestrained eaters: an fMRI study. 30 Jul 2009
• Intra-oral pre-treatment with capsaicin increases consumption of sweet solutions in rats. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Taste'

Definition: The ability to detect chemicals through gustatory receptors in the mouth, including those on the TONGUE; the PALATE; the PHARYNX; and the EPIGLOTTIS.

Descriptor UI: D013649

Alternative terms: Taste; Tastes; Taste Sense; Sense, Taste; Senses, Taste; Taste Senses; Gustation; Gustations;

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects; genetics; immunology; physiology; radiation effects;

Tree Number: F02.830.816.724; G11.561.600.810.724;

Technical Notes: differentiate from TASTE PERCEPTION: TASTE takes place in the mouth, TASTE PERCEPTION takes place in the brain