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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"gustation"”.
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Age-related changes in taste and gustatory response and feeding behaviour in the stabled horse
… relating to the anatomy and physiology of gustation and olfaction in the horse. Moreover, whilst an age-related decline in gustation and olfaction has been recorded in humans, no such study has been conducted in the horse. The horse is reliant on gustation and olfaction to make appropriate …
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Neuronal Laterality in Caenorhabditis elegans: Morphological and Functional Aspects
… three such asymmetries: that of amino acid gustation, associative learning, and morphological size. In the first two of these, I found a previously uncharacterized asymmetric neuronal response with respect to amino acid gustation, and expand on the known asymmetry with respect to associative …
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Flavor Perception, Food Choice, and Health in Early Childhood
… modalities, the most obvious of which are gustation (i.e., the qualities of sweet, salty, sour, and bitter) and olfaction (e.g., “fruity”, “smoky”, “vanilla”, etc.). Both gustatory and olfactory qualities contribute to flavor liking, and sensitivity to these qualities has been linked to …
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A Comparison of Olfactory Organ Development and Feeding Behavior in Larval Fathead Minnows, Pimephales promelas Rafinesque
… use of the chemoreceptive senses, olfaction and gustation, are important for early behavior development in fathead minnows and the ability of larvae to survive after hatching. Chemoreception is used in the location of food, avoidance of predators, and for intraspecific communication. Furthermore, …
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Diel patterns of insect herbivory and plant secondary metabolites in understory shrubs on Barro Colorado Island
… and specialized senses of olfaction and gustation in herbivores suit them well for limiting their feeding bouts to times of the day when plants are less well-defended (which I propose is the night). Such behavior is especially likely to occur in environments where there is relatively low …
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Cells that Kill: The Chemosensory Cell Types of Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes
… Many mosquito sensory organs are capable of gustation, including the legs, wings, mouth parts, and egg-laying organs, and taste is necessary for every stage of the mosquito's life and reproductive cycle. Our goal is to provide a reliable cell atlas to the field, interpret the molecular …
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The Intricate Molecular Landscape of Insect Chemosensation: The Sensory Neuron Membrane Protein Gene Family
<p>SNMPs (Sensory Neuron Membrane Proteins) are members of a gene family characterized by human CD36. This family has diverse functions including transportation of fatty acids and interactions with other proteins in cell:cell recognition. SNMPs are membrane proteins observed to associate with …
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Intracellular pH, the Proximate Signal for Cell Volume Changes that are Mediated by the Actin Cytoskeleton
The relationship between initial intracellular pH (pHi) and associated cell volume change was investigated by simultaneous measurement of pHi and cell volume with fluorescence imaging in polarized fungiform taste receptor cells (TRCs) loaded with BCECF in vitro. Ammonium pulses caused a brief, …
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An Interface of the Taste and Reward Systems in the Brainstem and Its Role in Feeding
<p>We eat what tastes good. We also eat because it is necessary for our health. In fact, some of the most nutritious foods (e.g., vegetables) are often less appetizing, and the tastiest (e.g., fast food, ice cream) may be the least healthy. Despite the former, we may also have a lower limit of what …
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The Physiological Role of Serotonergic Transmission in Adult Rat Taste Buds
The role of the neurotransmitter serotonin (5-HT) in the taste bud is not well understood. Serotonin was long thought to be the neurotransmitter of taste signals from taste receptor cells (TRCs) to the gustatory afferent nerves, but the surprising discovery that this transmission is actually …