Responses to glutamate in rat taste cells

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 3048-3059

  Bigiani, A ^a,c   Delay, R J ^c   Chaudhari, N ^b,c   Kinnamon, S C ^c   Roper, S D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CHLORIDE CONDUCTANCE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASTE DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0030845154     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.6.3048     Document Type: Article

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