Taste buds as peripheral chemosensory processors

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-79

  Roper, Stephen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ATP; Autocrine paracrine efferent transmitters; Pannexin 1; Presynaptic (Type III) cell; Receptor (Type II) cell; Type I cell

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CELL RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED TASTE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BITTER TASTE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL TYPE; GLIA CELL; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; HUMAN; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PERIPHERAL CHEMOSENSORY PROCESSOR; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUR; STIMULATION; SWEETNESS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TASTE; TASTE BUD;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84873431549     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2012.12.002     Document Type: Review

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