Human Taste Papilla Stimulation: Stability of Quality Judgments over Time

14 January 1972

journal article
other
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 175 (4018) , 214-216
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.175.4018.214

Abstract

Human taste papillae are sensitive to two or more chemical stimuli. Individual papillae produce stable response patterns (quality and intensity) over a month's time. Hence, the response pattern does not appear to be affected by turnover of receptor cells.

Keywords

TASTE PAPILLAE
HUMAN TASTE
RESPONSE PATTERN
JUDGMENTS
STIMULI
TURNOVER
PAPILLA STIMULATION

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Science, 1969
Chemically evoked sensations from single human taste papillae
Physiology & Behavior, 1966
RENEWAL OF CELLS WITHIN TASTE BUDS
The Journal of cell biology, 1965