Metallic taste from electrical and chemical stimulation

Chemical Senses

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 185-194

  Lawless, Harry T ^a   Stevens, David A ^b   Chapman, Kathryn W ^a   Kurtz, Anne ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric taste; Electrogustometry; Ferrous sulfate; Metallic taste

Indexed keywords

COPPER; FERROUS SULFATE; METAL; ZINC; FERROUS ION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOUTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING AND TASTE; TASTE BUD; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TONGUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; NOSE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION; TASTE;

CHEMORECEPTORS; COPPER; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; METALS; MOUTH; NOSE; SMELL; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TASTE; TONGUE; ZINC;

EID: 20544441919     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bji014     Document Type: Article

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