Thermal taste, PROP responsiveness, and perception of oral sensations

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 581-590

  Bajec, Martha R ^a   Pickering, Gary J ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

6 n propylthiouracil; Flavour; Genetic variation; Papillae; Perception; Psychophysics; Saliva; Sensation; Tactile; Taste; Temperature; Thermal taste

Indexed keywords

PROPYLTHIOURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEETNESS; TASTE ACUITY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; SALIVARY GLANDS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TASTE BUDS; TASTE PERCEPTION; TASTE THRESHOLD; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TONGUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55049095800     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.08.009     Document Type: Article

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