What Does Diabetes “Taste” Like?

Current Diabetes Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Neiers, Fabrice ^a   Canivenc Lavier, Marie Chantal ^a   Briand, Loïc ^a  

^a CENTRE DES SCIENCES DU GOÛT ET DE L ALIMENTATION   (France)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Diabetes; Metabolic hormones; Obesity; Sweet taste receptor; Sweetener

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE; HORMONE; TASTE TYPE 1 RECEPTOR MEMBER 2; TASTE TYPE 1 RECEPTOR MEMBER 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBOHYDRATE;

BRAIN; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; INTESTINE; INTESTINE FLORA; LIVER; METABOLIC REGULATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REVIEW; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLAND; SATIETY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH; SWEETNESS; TASTE; TASTE BUD; ANIMAL; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DIABETES MELLITUS; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; OBESITY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; TASTE;

EID: 84963744812     PISSN: 15344827     EISSN: 15390829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-016-0746-2     Document Type: Review

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