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Frontiers in Physiology, 2017 The chemosensory system is essential for insects to detect exogenous compounds, and odorant binding proteins (OBPs) play crucial roles in odorant binding and transduction.
Liang Sun +8 more
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The Structure and Function of Ionotropic Receptors in Drosophila
Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2021 Ionotropic receptors (IRs) are a highly divergent subfamily of ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluR) and are conserved across Protostomia, a major branch of the animal kingdom that encompasses both Ecdysozoa and Lophothrochozoa.
Lina Ni
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, 2020 Growing evidence suggests that ocean acidification (OA) may affect animal behaviors such as feeding. Although gustation plays a crucial role in evaluating the quality and palatability of food and ultimately influences whether or not teleosts consume the ...
Tang, Y +5 more
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i-Perception, 2011 Whenever we eat and drink something, we experience the sense of taste. We attribute the sense of taste to gustation without doubt, but it is not true. The olfaction is the most important component of the flavor.
Nobuyuki Sakai
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eLife, 2023 Bees are important pollinators of agricultural crops, but their populations are at risk when pesticides are used. One of the largest risks bees face is poisoning of floral nectar and pollen by insecticides. Studies of bee detection of neonicotinoids have
Rachel H Parkinson +6 more
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Response properties of human amygdala subregions : evidence based on functional MRI combined with probabilistic anatomical maps [PDF]
, 2007 The human amygdala is thought to play a pivotal role in the processing of emotionally significant sensory information. The major subdivisions of the human amygdala—the laterobasal group (LB), the superficial group (SF), and the centromedial group (CM ...
Simon B. Eickhoff +26 more
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Taste-Driven Responsiveness to Fat and Sweet Stimuli in Mouse Models of Bariatric Surgery
Biomedicines, 2022 A preferential consumption of healthier foods, low in fat and sugar, is often reported after bariatric surgery, suggesting a switch of taste-guided food choices.
Aurélie Dastugue +6 more
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Gustation Genetics: Sweet Gustducin! [PDF]
Chemical Senses, 2010 Two recent studies, the second of which is reported herein, provide evidence that genetic variation in the sweet receptor subunit, TAS1R3, and the second messenger, gustducin (GNAT3), affect the ability of people to correctly sort ascending concentrations of sucrose.
Danielle R, Reed, Robert F, Margolskee
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A taste for words and sounds: a case of lexical-gustatory and sound-gustatory synesthesia
Frontiers in Psychology, 2013 Gustatory forms of synesthesia involve the automatic and consistent experience of tastes that are triggered by non-taste related inducers. We present a case of lexical-gustatory and sound-gustatory synesthesia within one individual, SC.
Olympia eColizoli +2 more
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Insects, 2021 The red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) is a highly destructive pest of oil palm, date, and coconut in many parts of Asia, Europe, and Africa. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has called for international collaboration ...
Patamarerk Engsontia, Chutamas Satasook
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