Sugars, sweet taste receptors, and brain responses

Nutrients

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Lee, Allen A ^a   Owyang, Chung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucose sensing; Hypothalamus; Leptin; Nutrient sensing; Sweet taste receptors

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; CHOLECYSTOKININ; ENDOCANNABINOID; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 40; GHRELIN; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; SODIUM GLUCOSE COTRANSPORTER 1; SUGAR; TASTE 1 RECEPTOR MEMBER 2; TASTE 1 RECEPTOR MEMBER 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; CARBOHYDRATE; SWEETENING AGENT;

BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEPOLARIZATION; ENDOCRINE CELL; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENTEROCHROMAFFIN CELL; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; KILLER CELL; L CELL LINE; NEUROANATOMY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SENSING; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; TASTE BUD; VAGUS NERVE DORSAL NUCLEUS; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; BRAIN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TASTE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SUGARS; SWEETENING AGENTS; TASTE; TASTE BUDS;

EID: 85021392905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu9070653     Document Type: Review

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