NEURAL RESPONSES OF THE GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE TO SEVERAL BITTER STIMULI IN MICE

Authors
TANIMURA S SHIBUYA T ISHIBASHI T
Citation
S. Tanimura et al., NEURAL RESPONSES OF THE GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE TO SEVERAL BITTER STIMULI IN MICE, Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Physiology, 108(2-3), 1994, pp. 189-194
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Physiology,Biology
Journal title
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Physiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10964940
Volume
108
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
189 - 194
Database
ISI
SICI code
1096-4940(1994)108:2-3<189:NROTGN>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The neural reaction to bitter stimuli was tested in the glossopharynge al (GL) and chorda tympani (CT) nerves of mice. Relative responses to several bitter stimuli (quinine, iso-alpha-acids, L-tryptophan and L-p henylalanine) were greater in the GL nerve than in the CT nerve. Strai n variability for taste sensitivity to bitter stimuli existed between two strains (C57BL and BALB/C). The GL nerve response to caffeine, iso -alpha-acids and L-phenylalanine in the BALB/C strain was greater than the response in the C57BL strain.