Changes in Fungiform Papillae Density During Development in Humans

Chemical Senses

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 519-527

  Correa, Maryam ^a   Hutchinson, Ian ^a   Laing, David ^a,b   Jinks, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adults and children; Gustatory development; Papillae density predictors; Tongue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENSITY; FEMALE; FUNGIFORM PAPILLAE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASTE BUD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TONGUE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASTE BUDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880006628     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjt022     Document Type: Article

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