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Evidence for a role of glutamate as an efferent transmitter in taste buds
BACKGROUND: Glutamate has been proposed as a transmitter in the peripheral taste system in addition to its well-documented role as an umami taste stimulus. Evidence for a role as a transmitter includes the presence of ionotropic glutamate receptors in nerve fibers and taste cells, as well as the exp...
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Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2898831/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20565975 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2202-11-77 |