Human taste papilla stimulation: stability of quality judgments over time.
Human taste papillae are sensitive to two or more chemical stimuli. Individual papillae produce stable response patterns (quality and intensity) over a month's time. Hence, the response pattern does not appear to be affected by turnover of receptor cells.
D000328:Adult; D002951:Citrates; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011803:Quinine; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D013395:Sucrose; D013649:Taste; D013650:Taste Buds / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014867:Water
D002951:Citrates; D014867:Water; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D013395:Sucrose; D011803:Quinine