Cross-adapted salt responses in the mouse taste cell.
The exact nature of taste adaptation is not known. Intracellular recordings from taste receptor cells are appropriate to clarify cellular adaptation properties. I approached the study of the sugar and salt receptor mechanisms of mammalian taste cells with cross-adaptation experiments. Sucrose pre-adaptation suppresses the cross-adaptation responses to salts. The results show that the taste adaptation is located in the taste receptor cell.
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Department of Oral Physiology, School of Dentistry, Asahi University, Gifu, Japan.
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013395:Sucrose / Q000494:pharmacology; D013650:Taste Buds / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*
D012965:Sodium Chloride; D013395:Sucrose; D011189:Potassium Chloride