Synergistic responses of the chorda tympani to mixtures of umami and sweet substances in rats

Chemical Senses

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 261-266

  Sako, Noritaka ^b   Tokita, Ken'ichi ^a   Sugimura, Tadataka ^b   Yamamoto, Takashi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASAHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chorda tympani; Rats; Sweet; Synergism; Umami

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4 PHOSPHONOBUTYRIC ACID; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMATE SODIUM; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; INOSINE PHOSPHATE; MALTOSE; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PRONASE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; 2 AMINO 4 PHOSPHONO PROPINATE; 2-AMINO-4-PHOSPHONO-PROPINATE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SWEETENING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHORDA TYMPANI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWEETNESS; TASTE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TASTE ACUITY; WISTAR RAT;

CHORDA;

ANIMALS; CHORDA TYMPANI NERVE; DRUG SYNERGISM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; INOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; MALE; PROPIONIC ACIDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SODIUM GLUTAMATE; SWEETENING AGENTS; TASTE THRESHOLD;

EID: 0642371261     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/28.3.261     Document Type: Article

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