title: Effects of acids on neural activity elicited by other taste stimuli in the rat Chorda tympani.
abstract: The purpose of this study is whether the gustatory neural response of taste cell to a binary mixture with threshold concentration of acid becomes synergistic or antagonistic can be estimated from the whole chorda tympani (CT) nerve in the rat. The present data demonstrate that acids are synergistic enhancer for sugars, and suppressor for NaCl and QHCl, but no effect to glycine and alanine. These results suggest that the acid was modifying the interaction of the other stimulus with its transduction mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, Gifu, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kanemura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tonosaki
mesh_terms: D000143:Acids / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002814:Chorda Tympani Nerve / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D013649:Taste / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D013650:Taste Buds / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000143:Acids