Influence of stimulus duration on a regional measure of NaCl taste sensitivity

Chemical Senses

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-175

  Bagla, Ritu ^a   Klasky, Brynne ^a   Doty, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SENSORY SYSTEM; TASTE;

ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TASTE; TASTE THRESHOLD; TIME FACTORS; TONGUE;

EID: 0030980577     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/22.2.171     Document Type: Article

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