Bitter taster status predicts susceptibility to vection-induced motion sickness and nausea

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Benson, P W ^a   Hooker, J B ^a   Koch, K L ^a   Weinberg, R B ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitter taste; Electrogastrography; Genetics; Nausea; Vection

Indexed keywords

PROPYLTHIOURACIL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGASTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTION SICKNESS; MYOELECTRICITY; NAUSEA; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION SICKNESS; NAUSEA; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; TASTE; TASTE THRESHOLD;

EID: 84855950121     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2011.01842.x     Document Type: Article

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