Structure of gustatory pore

BackgroundTaste bud cells transmit information regarding the contents of food from taste receptors embedded in apical microvilli… Expand

Animals use their gustatory systems to evaluate the nutritious value, toxicity, sodium content, and acidity of food. Although… Expand

Male children (8-9 years) are reported to have a higher sensitivity than male adults to the sweet tastant sucrose when small… Expand

Sour taste is initiated by protons acting at receptor proteins or channels. In vertebrates, transduction of this taste quality… Expand

Taste represents a major form of sensory input in the animal kingdom. In mammals, taste perception begins with the recognition of… Expand

The G-protein subunit alpha-gustducin, which is similar to rod transducin, has been implicated in the transduction of both sweet… Expand

The activity of taste cells maintained in the intact hamster tongue was monitored in response to acid stimulation by recording… Expand

The postnatal maturation of the vallate papilla and its taste buds was quantitatively investigated in rats by light microscopy… Expand

Abstract An electron microscope study of the morphological sequence of events occurring in the development of the fungiform… Expand

An electron microscope study on the taste bud in the fungiform papilla of the adult rat tongue was performed. Four cell types… Expand