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Taste buds: cells, signals and synapses

2017; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 18; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1038/nrn.2017.68

ISSN

1471-0048

Autores

Stephen D. Roper, Nirupa Chaudhari,

Tópico(s)

Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies

Resumo

The past decade has witnessed a consolidation and refinement of the extraordinary progress made in taste research. This Review describes recent advances in our understanding of taste receptors, taste buds, and the connections between taste buds and sensory afferent fibres. The article discusses new findings regarding the cellular mechanisms for detecting tastes, new data on the transmitters involved in taste processing and new studies that address longstanding arguments about taste coding.

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