Salt-induced electrical epithelial responses of the frog (Rana catesbeiana) tongue and their relation to gustatory nerve activity in vivo.
Stimulation of the frog tongue with various salts produced changes in epithelial potential of the tongue, accompanied by changes in gustatory nerve activity. Both changes varied similarly according to the stimulus. The results indicate that cation transport in the lingual epithelium is involved in gustation.
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Department of Oral Physiology, Fukuoka Dental College, Japan.
Sakudo
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Chen
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D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D002712:Chlorides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002794:Choline / Q000494:pharmacology; D004848:Epithelium / Q000502:physiology; D005930:Glossopharyngeal Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D008094:Lithium / Q000494:pharmacology; D018021:Lithium Chloride; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D011892:Rana catesbeiana; D012413:Rubidium / Q000494:pharmacology; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D013463:Sulfuric Acid Esters / Q000494:pharmacology; D013649:Taste / Q000502:physiology*; D014059:Tongue / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation* / Q000502:physiology*
D002712:Chlorides; D013463:Sulfuric Acid Esters; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D008094:Lithium; D018021:Lithium Chloride; D012413:Rubidium; C032710:rubidium chloride; D002794:Choline; C033522:methyl sulfate