Thermal stimulation of taste

Nature

Volumn 403, Issue 6772, 2000, Pages 889-892

  Cruz, Alberto ^a   Green, Barry G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHORDA TYMPANI; COOLING; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEETNESS; TASTE; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STIMULATION; TONGUE;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CHORDA TYMPANI NERVE; COLD; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; TASTE; TASTE BUDS; THERMORECEPTORS; TONGUE;

ANIMALIA; CHORDA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034708108     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35002581     Document Type: Article

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