Long-term zinc deficiency decreases taste sensitivity in rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 305-310

  Goto, Tomoko ^a   Komai, Michio ^a   Suzuki, Hitoshi ^b   Furukawa, Yuji ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ISHINOMAKI SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chorda tympani nerve; NaCl preference; Rats; Taste abnormality; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; QUININE; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHORDA TYMPANI; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOOD COMPOSITION; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE PREFERENCE; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0035152974     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/131.2.305     Document Type: Article

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