Molecular characterization of gustatory second-order neurons reveals integrative mechanisms of gustatory and metabolic information [PDF]
eLifeAnimals must balance the urgent need to find food during starvation with the critical necessity to avoid toxic substances to ensure their survival. In Drosophila, specialized Gustatory Receptors (GRs) expressed in Gustatory Receptor Neurons (GRNs) are ...
Rubén Mollá-Albaladejo +2 more
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Self-reported olfactory and gustatory dysfunction in patients with COVID-19 infection [PDF]
Rhinology Online, 2021 Objective: To investigate the incidence, comorbidity and recovery period of smell and taste loss in patients with COVID-19 infection, who were treated as outpatient or admitted to the hospital.
D. Kooper, H. Coerts, H. Mkadmi
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The constructive evolution of taste in Astyanax cavefish: A review
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Animals inhabiting subterranean environments tend to evolve a constellation of ‘regressive’ and ‘constructive’ features. Regressive traits like vision and pigmentation are reduced or lost in derived organisms.
Daniel Berning, Joshua B. Gross
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Assessing multisensory attributes of malt drinks and consumer purchase decisions in South-Eastern Nigeria [PDF]
Innovative Marketing, 2020 Competition has increased due to the proliferation of different brands of malt drinks in Nigeria. Thus, manufacturers and brand managers of malt drinks need to explore strategic approaches to acquiring and retaining their customers.
John C. Anetoh +4 more
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Optogenetic induction of appetitive and aversive taste memories in Drosophila
eLife, 2023 Tastes typically evoke innate behavioral responses that can be broadly categorized as acceptance or rejection. However, research in Drosophila melanogaster indicates that taste responses also exhibit plasticity through experience-dependent changes in ...
Meghan Jelen +3 more
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Drosophila gustatory projections are segregated by taste modality and connectivity
eLife, 2022 Gustatory sensory neurons detect caloric and harmful compounds in potential food and convey this information to the brain to inform feeding decisions. To examine the signals that gustatory neurons transmit and receive, we reconstructed gustatory axons ...
Stefanie Engert +3 more
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Taste quality and hunger interactions in a feeding sensorimotor circuit
eLife, 2022 Taste detection and hunger state dynamically regulate the decision to initiate feeding. To study how context-appropriate feeding decisions are generated, we combined synaptic resolution circuit reconstruction with targeted genetic access to specific ...
Philip K Shiu +4 more
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Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2022 Neurons in the rostral nucleus of the solitary tract (rNST) receive taste information from the tongue and relay it mainly to the parabrachial nucleus (PBN) and the medullary reticular formation (RF) through two functionally different neural circuits.
Sook Kyung Park +4 more
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Olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions of COVID‐19 patients in China: A multicenter study
World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 2022 Introduction With the spread of the epidemic worldwide, an increasing number of doctors abroad have observed the following atypical symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19): olfactory or taste disorders.
Jianhui Li +18 more
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Sensibility and taste alterations after impacted lower third molar extractions. A prospective cohort study [PDF]
, 2013 Objectives: To determine the incidence, severity and duration of lingual tactile and gustatory function impairments after lower third molar removal. Study Design: Prospective cohort study with intra-subject measures of 16 patients undergoing lower third ...
Barbosa de Figueiredo, Rui Pedro +4 more
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