Mechanisms of Taste Transduction

by Simon; Sidney A.

• ISBN13: 9780849353413
• ISBN10: 0849353416
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-07-23
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

Mechanisms of Taste Transduction introduces a number of topics essential to a complete understanding of taste. These topics range from the control of food intake to the biophysical mechanisms of transduction and the design of food flavors in the food industry. The responses and organization of special sensory pathways are described in regard to their development, morphology, composition, electrophysiological and biochemical responses. Details are presented at several levels to appeal to researchers in molecular biology, membrane biophysics, human psychophysics, neuroanatomy, and chemistry. Current research is described in the context of what preceding studies have revealed, and the chapter authors are among today's most active and highly respected researchers in the field of chemical senses.

Table of Contents

The Role of Taste in Food Intake: A Comparative View	p. 3
Morphology of Vertebrate Taste Organs and Their Nerve Supply	p. 29
The General Somatic Afferent Terminals in Oral Mucosae	p. 83
Control Mechanisms in Taste Bud Development	p. 105
The Developing Gustatory System: Function, Morphological, and Behavioral Perspectives	p. 127
Peripheral Transduction Mechanisms	p. 161
The Molecular Biology of Chemotransduction	p. 175
Cell Biology of the Lingual Epithelium	p. 201
Chemical Responses of Lingual Nerves and Lingual Epithelia	p. 225
Genetic and Neurobehavioral Approaches to the Taste Receptor Mechanism in Mammals	p. 253
Synaptic Interactions in Taste Buds	p. 275
Sensory Coding by Peripheral Taste Fibers	p. 295
Orosensory Processing in Neural Systems of the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract	p. 339
Psychophysics: Insights into Transduction Mechanisms and Neural Coding	p. 395
Molecular Modeling Studies of Amiloride Analogs	p. 427
Design of Sweet and Bitter Tastants	p. 463
Design of New Foods	p. 479
Index	p. 493
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