title: Taste thresholds: quality specific variation with human aging.
abstract: Detection thresholds for each of the four basic taste qualities were obtained from 81 adults between 23 and 88 years of age. Sodium chloride thresholds show a small but significant increase with age, confirming the only previous observations derived from procedures that control for age-related changes in response criterion and salivary sodium. Quinine sulfate thresholds display a similar but weaker relation to age. Sucrose and citric acid thresholds are not significantly related to age. Citric acid alone shows a sex effect. Detection thresholds for the four taste qualities undergo different changes with age.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002951:Citrates; D019343:Citric Acid; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011803:Quinine; D012737:Sex Factors; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D013395:Sucrose; D013649:Taste / Q000502:physiology*; D013652:Taste Threshold / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D002951:Citrates; D019343:Citric Acid; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D013395:Sucrose; D011803:Quinine