title: Evoked response to taste stimulations.
abstract: For the recording of gustatory evoked responses, the tip of a stimulator is pressed vertically on one side of the tongue until the trigger pulses are generated by a switch attached to the bottom of the stimulator. According to our results, no detectable response was observed in the absence of taste. The positive waves were distinguishable by using the technique of superimposition before averaging, and the positive wave was made clearer by averaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 1-7-1, Kohnodai, Ichikawa-shi, Chiba 272-8516, Japan. wadam@ncnpk.hosp.go.jp
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wada
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002814:Chorda Tympani Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D013649:Taste / Q000502:physiology*; D013650:Taste Buds / Q000502:physiology; D013652:Taste Threshold / Q000502:physiology; D014059:Tongue / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology*