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ReviewTrends in neurosciences2010

Coding in the mammalian gustatory system.

Alan Carleton, Riccardo Accolla, Sidney A Simon

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Review in Trends in neurosciences, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

87 citing papers in PubMed.

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  17. Mechanisms for the Sour Taste.Handbook of experimental pharmacology · 2022
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  18. Encoding Taste: From Receptors to Perception.Handbook of experimental pharmacology · 2022
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  19. Glucagon-like peptide-1, a matter of taste?Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Alan CarletonDepartment of Neurosciences, Medical Faculty, University of Geneva, 1 rue Michel-Servet, 1211 Genève 4, Switzerland. alan.carleton@unige.ch
Riccardo Accolla
Sidney A Simon

Funding

MODULATION OF TASTE RESPONSES BY THE TRIGEMINAL SYSTEMR01DC001065 · NIDCD · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI SIMON, SIDNEY A · 1991 to 2010
$3.1M
European Research Council 243344NIDCD NIH HHS DC-001065NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC001065
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To understand gustatory physiology and associated dysfunctions it is important to know how oral taste stimuli are encoded both in the periphery and in taste-related brain centres. The identification of distinct taste receptors, together with electrophysiological recordings and behavioral assessments in response to taste stimuli, suggest that information about distinct taste modalities (e.g. sweet versus bitter) are transmitted from the periphery to the brain via segregated pathways. By contrast, gustatory neurons throughout the brain are more broadly tuned, indicating that ensembles of neurons encode taste qualities. Recent evidence reviewed here suggests that the coding of gustatory stimuli is not immutable, but is dependant on a variety of factors including appetite-regulating molecules and associative learning.

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AnimalsBrain StemCerebral CortexNeuronsSolitary NucleusStimulation, ChemicalTasteTaste BudsTaste PerceptionThalamusTongue

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PMID20493563
PMCPMC2902637

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