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Nutrient tasting and signaling mechanisms in the gut. IV. There is more to taste than meets the tongue.

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Katz, DB; Nicolelis, MA; Simon, SA
Published in: Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol
January 2000

The tongue is the principal organ that provides sensory information about the quality and quantity of chemicals in food. Other information about the temperature and texture of food is also transduced on the tongue, via extragemmal receptors that form branches of the trigeminal, glossopharyngeal, and vagal nerves. These systems, together with information from the gastrointestinal (GI) system, interact to determine whether or not food is palatable. In this themes article, emphasis is placed on the integrative aspects of gustatory processing by showing the convergence of gustatory information with somatosensory, nociceptive, and visceral information (from the GI system) on the tongue and in the brain. Our thesis is that gustation should be thought of as an integral part of a distributed, interacting multimodal system in which information from other systems, including the GI system, can modulate the taste of food.

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Published In

Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol

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ISSN

0193-1857

Publication Date

January 2000

Volume

278

Issue

1

Start / End Page

G6 / G9

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tongue
  • Taste
  • Signal Transduction
  • Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
  • Intestines
  • Humans
  • Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Epithelium
  • Central Nervous System
  • Behavior
 

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Katz, D. B., Nicolelis, M. A., & Simon, S. A. (2000). Nutrient tasting and signaling mechanisms in the gut. IV. There is more to taste than meets the tongue. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol, 278(1), G6–G9. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.2000.278.1.G6
Katz, D. B., M. A. Nicolelis, and S. A. Simon. “Nutrient tasting and signaling mechanisms in the gut. IV. There is more to taste than meets the tongue.Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 278, no. 1 (January 2000): G6–9. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.2000.278.1.G6.
Katz DB, Nicolelis MA, Simon SA. Nutrient tasting and signaling mechanisms in the gut. IV. There is more to taste than meets the tongue. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2000 Jan;278(1):G6–9.
Katz, D. B., et al. “Nutrient tasting and signaling mechanisms in the gut. IV. There is more to taste than meets the tongue.Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol, vol. 278, no. 1, Jan. 2000, pp. G6–9. Pubmed, doi:10.1152/ajpgi.2000.278.1.G6.
Katz DB, Nicolelis MA, Simon SA. Nutrient tasting and signaling mechanisms in the gut. IV. There is more to taste than meets the tongue. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2000 Jan;278(1):G6–G9.

Published In

Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol

DOI

ISSN

0193-1857

Publication Date

January 2000

Volume

278

Issue

1

Start / End Page

G6 / G9

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tongue
  • Taste
  • Signal Transduction
  • Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
  • Intestines
  • Humans
  • Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Epithelium
  • Central Nervous System
  • Behavior