The endocrinology of taste receptors

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 213-227

  Calvo, Sara Santa Cruz ^a   Egan, Josephine M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALANIN; GHRELIN; GLUCAGON; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 2; LEPTIN;

BITTER TASTE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; COMPREHENSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; OBESITY; PALATABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SWEETNESS; TASTE; TASTE BUD; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHEMORECEPTOR CELL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; METABOLISM; PANCREAS; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; OBESITY; PANCREAS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASTE; TASTE BUDS; TASTE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84925857433     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2015.7     Document Type: Review

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