Effects of a pressure surround on the regional taste detection threshold for sodium chloride

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-86

  Tunsuriyawong, Prayuth ^a,b   Bagla, Ritu ^a   Doty, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Pressure; Regional taste test; Somatosensory; Tactile; Taste

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASTE ACUITY; TONGUE; VACUUM;

EID: 0033948640     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000164800760370891     Document Type: Article

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