Are human taste thresholds similar on the right and left sides of the tongue?

Chemical Senses

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 875-883

  McMahon, David B T ^a,b   Shikata, Hiroki ^a,c   Breslin, Paul A S ^a  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JAPAN TOBACCO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; QUININE; SACCHARIN SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MOUTH; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SENSORY STIMULATION; TASTE ACUITY; TONGUE;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS;

EID: 0034812613     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/26.7.875     Document Type: Article

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