Ionic basis of receptor potential in frog taste cell in response to salt stimuli.
Removal of NA+ and/or Ca2+ from a normal interstitial fluid results in a remarkable decrease of receptor potential amplitudes in a taste cell for salt stimuli. This suggests that the salt-induced receptor potential is strongly related to an increase in the permeability of the taste cell membrane to Na+ and Ca2+.
D000818:Animals; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000502:physiology*; D011892:Rana catesbeiana; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013649:Taste / Q000502:physiology*; D014059:Tongue / Q000502:physiology*
D004573:Electrolytes; D012965:Sodium Chloride