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A subset of sweet-sensing neurons identified by IR56d are necessary and sufficient for fatty acid taste

Fat represents a calorically potent food source that yields approximately twice the amount of energy as carbohydrates or proteins per unit of mass. The highly palatable taste of free fatty acids (FAs), one of the building blocks of fat, promotes food consumption, activates reward circuitry, and is t...

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Autores principales: Tauber, John M., Brown, Elizabeth B., Li, Yuanyuan, Yurgel, Maria E., Masek, Pavel, Keene, Alex C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5697886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29121639
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007059