title: Receptor potential of rat taste cell to potassium benzoate.
abstract: Rat taste cells responded to relatively low concentrations of K-benzoate with a hyperpolarization and to the high concentrations with a depolarization. During both responses the membrane resistance of a taste cell decreased. Depolarization elicited by application of a combination of 0.25 M NaCl and 0.05 M K-benzoate was smaller than that by the NaCl alone, indicating a depressant action of K-benzoate.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001565:Benzoates; D005260:Female; D011188:Potassium; D051381:Rats; D013649:Taste; D013650:Taste Buds / Q000502:physiology*; D014059:Tongue / Q000294:innervation
chemical_list: D001565:Benzoates; D011188:Potassium