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ArticleChemical senses2019

Selective Effects of Temperature on the Sensory Irritation but not Taste of NaCl and Citric Acid.

Danielle Nachtigal, Kendra Andrew, Barry G Green

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Article in Chemical senses, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Danielle NachtigalThe John B. Pierce Laboratory, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Kendra AndrewThe John B. Pierce Laboratory, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Barry G GreenThe John B. Pierce Laboratory, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
John B. Pierce Laboratory · USYale University · US

Funding

Somatosensory Factors in Human Taste and Flavor PerceptionR01DC005002 · NIDCD · JOHN B. PIERCE LABORATORY, INC. · PI GREEN, BARRY G · 2001 to 2017
$4.9M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC005002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of temperature on taste and chemesthetic sensations produced by the prototypical salty and sour stimuli NaCl and citric acid. Experiment 1 measured the perceived intensity of irritation (burning, stinging) and taste (saltiness, sourness) produced on the tongue tip by brief (3 s) exposures to suprathreshold concentrations of NaCl and citric acid at 3 different temperatures (12, 34, and 42 °C). No significant effects of temperature were found on the taste or sensory irritation of either stimulus. Experiment 2 investigated the potential effects of temperature on sensory irritation at peri-threshold concentrations and its sensitization over time. Measurements were again made on the tongue tip at the same 3 temperatures. Heating was found to enhance the perception of irritation at peri-threshold concentrations for both stimuli, whereas cooling suppressed sensitization of irritation for NaCl but not for citric acid. These results (i) confirm prior evidence that perception of suprathreshold salty and sour tastes are independent of temperature; (ii) demonstrate that heat has only weak effects on sensory irritation produced by brief exposures to NaCl and citric acid; and (iii) suggest that sensitization of the irritation produced by NaCl and citric acid occur via different peripheral mechanisms that have different thermal sensitivities. Overall, the results are consistent with involvement of the heat-sensitive channel TRPV1 in the sensory irritation of both stimuli together with one or more additional channels (e.g., acid-sensing channel, epithelial sodium channel, TRPA1) that are insensitive to heat and may possibly be sensitive to cooling.

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AdolescentAdultCitric AcidFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSodium ChlorideTasteTaste PerceptionTemperatureYoung AdultCitric AcidSodium Chloride

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PMID30418541
PMCPMC6295777
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