A role for taste receptors in (neuro)endocrinology?

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2019, Pages

  Behrens, Maik ^a   Meyerhof, Wolfgang ^b  

^a DEUTSCHE FORSCHUNGSANSTALT FÜR LEBENSMITTELCHEMIE   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

G protein coupled receptors; non gustatory; taste receptor

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ; GHRELIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR;

BRAIN; ENTEROCHROMAFFIN CELL; ENTEROENDOCRINE CELL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUNGER; INSULIN RELEASE; INTESTINE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SATIETY; STOMACH; SWEETNESS; TASTE; TASTE BUD; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONE RELEASE; ANIMAL; CHEMORECEPTOR CELL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; TASTE;

EID: 85061942530     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jne.12691     Document Type: Review

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