Effect of amiloride on suprathreshold NaCl, LiCl, and KCl salt taste in humans

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 925-929

  Anand, Kapil K ^a   Zuniga, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amiloride; Human salt taste; Salt taste sensitivity

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASTE ACUITY; VARIANCE;

EID: 0030765889     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00174-1     Document Type: Article

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