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ArticleCurrent opinion in physiology2021

From receptors to the brain: Psychophysical clues to taste physiology.

Barry G Green

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Article in Current opinion in physiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 45% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Chemosensory tobacco product toxicology part 2: toxicological testing, assays, and state of the science.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2025
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  2. Chemosensory tobacco product toxicology part 1: sensory mechanisms.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2025
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  3. [Mechanisms and Management of COVID-19-Associated Taste Disorders].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Barry G GreenThe John B. Pierce Laboratory, 290 Congress Avenue, New Haven, CT, USA 06519.
Yale University · US

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
Somatosensory Factors in Human Taste and Flavor PerceptionR01DC005002 · NIDCD · JOHN B. PIERCE LABORATORY, INC. · PI GREEN, BARRY G · 2001 to 2017
$4.9M
The role of salivary sodium in gustatory responses to salt and water in humansR01DC017159 · NIDCD · JOHN B. PIERCE LABORATORY, INC. · PI GREEN, BARRY G · 2019 to 2021
$1.3M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC005002NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC017159
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To understand human taste requires not only physiological studies ranging from receptor mechanisms to brain circuitry, but also psychophysical studies that quantitatively describe the perceptual output of the system. As obvious as this requirement is, differences in research approaches, methodologies, and objectives complicate the ability to meet it. Discussed here is an example of how the discovery two decades ago of a perceptual taste illusion (

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PMID33585729
PMCPMC7875176
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