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Taste isn't just for taste buds anymore
Taste is a discriminative sense involving specialized receptor cells of the oral cavity (taste buds) and at least two distinct families of G protein-coupled receptor molecules that detect nutritionally important substances or potential toxins. Yet the receptor mechanisms that drive taste also are ut...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3169900/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21941599 http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/B3-20 |
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author | Finger, Thomas E. Kinnamon, Sue C. |
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description | Taste is a discriminative sense involving specialized receptor cells of the oral cavity (taste buds) and at least two distinct families of G protein-coupled receptor molecules that detect nutritionally important substances or potential toxins. Yet the receptor mechanisms that drive taste also are utilized by numerous systems throughout the body. How and why these so-called taste receptors are used to regulate digestion and respiration is now a matter of intense study. In this article we provide a historical perspective and an overview of these systems, leading to speculations on directions for further research. |
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spelling | pubmed-31699002011-09-22 Taste isn't just for taste buds anymore Finger, Thomas E. Kinnamon, Sue C. F1000 Biol Rep Review Article Taste is a discriminative sense involving specialized receptor cells of the oral cavity (taste buds) and at least two distinct families of G protein-coupled receptor molecules that detect nutritionally important substances or potential toxins. Yet the receptor mechanisms that drive taste also are utilized by numerous systems throughout the body. How and why these so-called taste receptors are used to regulate digestion and respiration is now a matter of intense study. In this article we provide a historical perspective and an overview of these systems, leading to speculations on directions for further research. Faculty of 1000 Ltd 2011-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3169900/ /pubmed/21941599 http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/B3-20 Text en © 2011 Faculty of 1000 Ltd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. You may not use this work for commercial purposes |
spellingShingle | Review Article Finger, Thomas E. Kinnamon, Sue C. Taste isn't just for taste buds anymore |
title | Taste isn't just for taste buds anymore |
title_full | Taste isn't just for taste buds anymore |
title_fullStr | Taste isn't just for taste buds anymore |
title_full_unstemmed | Taste isn't just for taste buds anymore |
title_short | Taste isn't just for taste buds anymore |
title_sort | taste isn't just for taste buds anymore |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3169900/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21941599 http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/B3-20 |
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