the mouth and whose chimney is the nose. . . .” And yet of all our senses, taste, such as Nature has Questions of Taste created it, remains the one which, on the whole, gives The initial event in taste sensation requires the stimulaus the maximum of delight: tion of specific subsets of taste receptor cells by tastant 1. Because the pleasure of eating is the only one, which, molecules. In mammal...

the mouth and whose chimney is the nose. . . .” And yet of all our senses, taste, such as Nature has Questions of Taste created it, remains the one which, on the whole, gives The initial event in taste sensation requires the stimulaus the maximum of delight: tion of specific subsets of taste receptor cells by tastant 1. Because the pleasure of eating is the only one, which, molecules. In mammal...

UNLABELLED Immunoelectron microscopy revealed that peripheral afferent nerve fibers innervating taste buds contain calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), which may be as an efferent transmitter released from peripheral axon terminals. In this report, we determined the targets of CGRP within taste buds and studied what effect CGRP exerts on taste bud function. We isolated mouse taste buds and t...

aim and background: personality traits are among the factors affecting the tendency to substance abuse. personality evaluations have shown sensation seeking to be a particularly strong predictor of initial substance abuse across a variety of drug use categories. the aim of this study was to determine levels of sensation seeking in addicted and normal subjects while considering gender. methods a...

The upper airway (nasal passages, paranasal sinuses, pharynx, and glottis) provides the sentinel portion of human respiratory tract, with combined senses olfaction (cranial nerve I) trigeminal sensation V) signaling quality inspired air. Trigeminal function also complements sense taste (in turn mediated by cranial nerves VII, IX X), participates in genesis aversions. ability stimulation aero-di...

The relationships among suprathreshold taste responses to acesulfame-K, Na-saccharin and 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) were examined in two studies. In the first study, the labeled magnitude scale was used with the high anchor labeled as 'strongest imaginable oral sensation' and in the second study, it was labeled as 'strongest imaginable sensation of any kind'. Results from the two procedures we...

Bilateral traumatic facial paralysis is a very rare clinical condition. Loss of taste sensation, associated with bilateral traumatic paralysis, is even rarer and has not been well described in the literature. In this report, a 23-year old male, who developed bilateral facial paralysis with loss of taste sensation and hearing impairment, following a motor vehicle accident, is presented. He had i...

INTRODUCTION Lingual nerve injury is sometimes caused by dental treatment. Many kinds of treatment have been reported, but many have exhibited poor recovery. Here the authors report changes in somatosensory and chemosensory impairments during a long-term observation after lingual nerve repair. CASE PRESENTATION A 30-year-old Japanese woman claimed dysesthesia and difficulty eating. Quantitati...

American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association class I recommendations for treating patients with heart failure (HF) and abnormal left ventricular ejection fraction are diuretics in patients with fluid retention, an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor unless contraindicated, a beta-blocker unless contraindicated, digoxin for the treatment of symptoms of HF, and withdrawal o...