Change of the human taste bud volume over time

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 449-455

  Srur, Ehab ^a   Stachs, Oliver ^a   Guthoff, Rudolf ^a   Witt, Martin ^a   Pau, Hans Wilhelm ^a   Just, Tino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fungiform papilla; Laser scanning microscopy; Taste bud; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DENERVATION; FEMALE; FUNGIFORM PAPILLAE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; TASTE; TASTE BUD;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TASTE BUDS; TASTE DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950083777     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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