Role of submandibular and sublingual saliva in maintenance of taste sensitivity recorded in the chorda tympani of rats

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 498, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 797-807

  Matsuo, Ryuji ^a   Yamauchi, Yoji ^a   Morimoto, Toshifumi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; BICARBONATE; ELECTROLYTE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; QUININE; SALIVA SUBSTITUTE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHORDA TYMPANI; CONTROLLED STUDY; INNERVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SALIVA; SUBLINGUAL GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE BUD; TONGUE;

EID: 0031054133     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1997.sp021903     Document Type: Article

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