Regional Differences in Suprathreshold Intensity for Bitter and Umami Stimuli

Chemosensory Perception

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 147-157

  Feeney, Emma L ^a   Hayes, John E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitter; Fungiform papilla (FP); Project GIANT CS; Regional differences; Spatial taste test; Tongue map; Umami

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939893135     PISSN: 19365802     EISSN: 19365810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12078-014-9166-3     Document Type: Article

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