TY - JOUR
T1 - New insights into the signal transmission from taste cells to gustatory nerve fibers
AU - Yoshida, Ryusuke
AU - Ninomiya, Yuzo
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) 18109013, 18077004 (YN), and 21791808 (RY).
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Taste receptor cells detect chemical compounds in the oral cavity and transfer their messages to gustatory afferent nerve fibers. Considering the coding of taste information, the sensitivity of taste cells and the connection between taste cells and gustatory fibers may be critical in this process. Broadly tuned taste cells and random connections between taste cells and fibers would produce gustatory fibers that have broad sensitivity to multiple taste qualities. Narrowly tuned taste cells and selective connections would yield gustatory nerve fibers that respond to specific taste quality. This review summarizes results showing molecular and morphological aspects of taste bud cells, physiological responses of taste cells, possible connections between taste cells and gustatory fibers, and transmitter release from taste cells, and discusses how taste qualities are encoded among taste bud cells and how taste information is transmitted from taste cells to gustatory nerve fibers.
AB - Taste receptor cells detect chemical compounds in the oral cavity and transfer their messages to gustatory afferent nerve fibers. Considering the coding of taste information, the sensitivity of taste cells and the connection between taste cells and gustatory fibers may be critical in this process. Broadly tuned taste cells and random connections between taste cells and fibers would produce gustatory fibers that have broad sensitivity to multiple taste qualities. Narrowly tuned taste cells and selective connections would yield gustatory nerve fibers that respond to specific taste quality. This review summarizes results showing molecular and morphological aspects of taste bud cells, physiological responses of taste cells, possible connections between taste cells and gustatory fibers, and transmitter release from taste cells, and discusses how taste qualities are encoded among taste bud cells and how taste information is transmitted from taste cells to gustatory nerve fibers.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1937-6448(10)79004-3
DO - 10.1016/S1937-6448(10)79004-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 20797678
AN - SCOPUS:77957740854
VL - 279
SP - 101
EP - 134
JO - International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology
JF - International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology
SN - 1937-6448
IS - C
ER -