Mechanisms of Taste Transduction

This book describes information transfer from the peripheral sensory organs to the higher processing centers in the brain. It is useful for researchers to have a single reference book encompassing many aspects of taste.

List of contents

Part I: Food Intake 1. The Role of Taste in Food Intake: A Comparative View Part II: Morphology of Taste Receptors 2. Morphology of Vertebrate Taste Organs and Their Nerve Supply 3. The General Somatic Afferent Terminals in Oral Mucosae Part III:Development of Peripheral Taste System 4. Control Mechanisms in Taste Bud Development 5. The Developing Gustatory System: Function, Morphological, and Behavioral Perspectives Part IV:Transduction Mechanisms 6. Peripheral Transduction Mechanisms 7. The Molecular Biology of Chemotransduction 8. Cell Biology of the Lingual Epithelium 9. Chemical Responses of Lingual Nerves and Lingual Epithelia 10. Genetic and Neurobehavioral Approaches to the Taste Receptor Mechanism in Mammals Part V:Coding 11. Synaptic Interactions in Taste Buds 12. Sensory Coding by Peripheral Taste Fibers 13. Orosensory Processing in Neural Systems of the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract 14. Psychophysics: Insights into Transduction Mechanisms and Neural Coding Part VI: Designing Tastants and Foods 15. Molecular Modeling Studies of Amiloride Analogs 16. Design of Sweet and Bitter Tastants 17. Design of New Foods

About the author

Simon\, Sidney A.; Roper\, Stephen D.

Summary

This book describes information transfer from the peripheral sensory organs to the higher processing centers in the brain. It is useful for researchers to have a single reference book encompassing many aspects of taste.

Product details

• Authors: Marion E. Frank, Stephen D. Roper, Roper Stephen D., Sidney A. Simon, Sidney A. (Duke University Medical Center Simon, Simon Sidney A.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.07.1993
• EAN: 9780849353413
• ISBN: 978-0-8493-5341-3
• No. of pages: 526
• Weight: 1202 g
• Illustrations: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, Neurosciences, Animal Physiology, Food & beverage technology, Food and beverage technology, Zoology and animal sciences, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Food Science / General