The relationship between taste, olfaction, and nutrition in the cancer population

Journal of Supportive Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 70-72

  Farmer, Mark N ^a,c   Raddin, Ryan S ^b   Roberts, John D ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CYCLIC AMP; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACCESSORY NERVE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CANCER PATIENT; CELL INTERACTION; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FACIAL NERVE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEUROANATOMY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PALATABILITY; PROTEIN BINDING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SALTY TASTE; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELLING; SOUR TASTE; SWEETNESS; TASTE; TASTE BUD; UMAMI TASTE; VAGUS NERVE; VON EBNER GLAND; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; NEOPLASM; ODOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMELLING DISORDER; TASTE DISORDER;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OLFACTION DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SMELL; TASTE; TASTE DISORDERS;

EID: 67649548440     PISSN: 15446794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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