A new specific ageusia: Some humans cannot taste L-glutamate

Chemical Senses

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 105-115

  Lugaz, O ^a   Pillias, A M ^a   Faurion, A ^a  

^a Lab de Neurobiologie Sensorielle   (France)

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Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGEUSIA; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL CUE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CHILD; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSGEUSIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOGEUSIA; MALE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULATION; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0036125560     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/27.2.105     Document Type: Article

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