title: [Differentiated effect of the qualities of sweet and sour on parotid secretion].
abstract: Taste was considered as an isolated cephalic regulatory moment in parotid salivary secretion. A different salivary response was obtained due to specific taste qualities. "Sweet" taste showed to exert a beta-adrenergic-like stimulatory effect on parotid secretion contrary to "sour" which showed a parasympathicometic effect. A correlation between the intensity of taste sensation and the parotid secretion could not be found; therefore, the taste-mediated parotid secretory response primarily seems to be of the gustatory subcortical reflex type. The central nervous mediated parotid secretory response via vagus appears to be of minor importance.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000681:Amylases / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000502:physiology*; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides / Q000378:metabolism; D012472:Salivation; D012636:Secretory Rate; D013649:Taste / Q000502:physiology*; D013652:Taste Threshold / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides; D000681:Amylases
vernacular_title: Der differenzierte Einfluss der Geschmacksqualitäten "süss" und "sauer" auf die Parotissekretion.