Genetic variation and inferences about perceived taste intensity in mice and men

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 161-173

  Prutkin, J ^a   Duffy, V B ^a,b   Etter, L ^a   Fast, K ^a   Gardner, E ^c   Lucchina, L A ^d   Snyder, D J ^e   Tie, K ^a   Weiffenbach, J ^f   Bartoshuk, L M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Intensity coding; PROP; Psychophysics; Supertasters; Taste

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REVIEW; STIMULUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TASTE; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE BUD;

EID: 18744436306     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(00)00199-2     Document Type: Article

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