Taste neurophysiology

RoUs ET, Critchley HD, Browning A, Hernadi I (1998) The neurophysiology of taste and olfaction in primates, and umami flavor. Ann N Y Acad Sci 855 426 37 Rose JE, Behm EM, Westman EC, Mathew RJ, London ED, Hawk TC, Turkington TG, Coleman RE (2003) PET studies of the influences of nicotine on neural systems in cigarette smokers. Am J Psychiatry 160 323-333... 

Kalinoski, D. L., Bryant, B. P., Shaulsky, G., Brand, J. G., and Harpaz, S., Specific L-arginine taste receptor sites in the catfish, Ictalurus punctatus biochemical and neurophysiological characterization, Brain Res., 488, 163, 1989. 

The stereochemical specificity of taste receptor proteins capable of combining with carbohydrate molecules and of translating the message into sweet sensation is investigated by Jakinovich using a sophisticated neurophysiological technique. 

Table I Summary of Neurophysiological Investigations on Mammalian Geniculate Ganglion Taste Systems.

Neurophysiology and Stimulus Chemistiy of Mammalian Taste Systems... 

BOUDREAU Neurophysiology and Stimulus Chemistry of Taste Systems 123... 

In this report the neurophysiology of mammalian taste systems is reviewed with especial attention to stimulus chemistry. The neurophysiology described is primarily that from our laboratory, since we have been among the few neurophysiologists concerned with stimulus chemistry. The animals that have been investigated in detail are the cat, dog, goat and rat. Work on other animals is included where comparisons are viable. 

BOUDREAU Neurophysiology and Stimulus Chmii y of Taste Systems 125... 

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Inoshita T, Tanimura T (2006) Cellular identification of water gustatory receptor neurons and their central projection pattern in Drosophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103 1094-1099 Ishimoto H, Tanimura T (2004) Molecular neurophysiology of taste in Drosophila. Cell Mol Life Sci 61 10-18... 

Taste begins with transduction events in receptor cells of the taste buds. There has been a lot of recent progress in our understanding of gustatory receptor mechanisms and transduction. The challenge is to relate molecular mechanisms that are evident at the receptor level to the extensive literature on gustatory neurophysiology and taste-mediated behavior. 

Bradley, R.M. C.M. Mistretta. 1980. Developmental changes in neurophysiological taste responses from the medulla in sheep. Brain Res. 191 21-34. 

By flavor chemistry is meant the chemistry of the total complement of sensory responses elicited by a food or a food component. In human sensory research, the sensory responses are psychophysical sensations, whereas in neurophysiological studies the responses are measured from neurons. The flavor chemistry of the geniculate ganglion fungiform papillae taste systems would then consist of a description of the neural responses to foods and to the types of compounds present in food. The neural responses of both the dog and the cat have been examined with respect to the excitability of many of the compounds found in vertebrate tissues. The cat has been tested with more compounds than the dog, but the results will also apply in large part to the dog, since the two species are so similar with respect to the majority of the compounds considered. 

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