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ArticleF1000 biology reports2011

Taste isn't just for taste buds anymore.

Thomas E Finger, Sue C Kinnamon

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Article in F1000 biology reports, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

72 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Thomas E Finger
Sue C Kinnamon

Funding

NIDCD P30 Core: Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell CenterP30DC004657 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI KINNAMON, SUE C., RESTREPO, DIEGO · 2000 to 2014
$7.6M
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY OF TASTE TRANSDUCTIONR01DC000766 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI KINNAMON, SUE C. · 1990 to 2009
$2.9M
Mechanisms of sweet transduction in mammalian taste budsR01DC006021 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI CHAUDHARI, NIRUPA · 2003 to 2011
$2.8M
Nasal Solitary Chemoreceptor Cells: Detection of Pathogenic BacteriaR01DC009820 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI FINGER, THOMAS E, KINNAMON, SUE C. · 2009 to 2013
$2.2M
Transmission of Taste Signals in Taste BudsR01DC007495 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI FINGER, THOMAS E · 2006 to 2010
$2.2M
NIDCD NIH HHS P30 DC004657NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC000766NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC006021NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC007495NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC009820
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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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PMID21941599
PMCPMC3169900

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