The gustatory system enables animals to detect and discriminate among foods, to select nutritious diets, and to initiate, sustain and terminate ingestion for the purpose of maintaining energy balance.
THE natures of energy transformations between animals and their environments are poorly understood1 and in particular the mechanisms of olfaction and gustation remain unknown2. Here I report evidence ...
- the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth ...
Image of the Day: Fruit Fly Gustation In the adult Drosophila brain, neurons that sense taste (green) interact with axons and dendrites of other nerve cells (red).
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