Sour ageusia in two individuals implicates ion channels of the ASIC and PKD families in human sour taste perception at the anterior tongue.

Sour ageusia in two individuals implicates ion channels of the ASIC and PKD families in human sour taste perception at the anterior tongue.

BACKGROUND:The perception of sour taste in humans is incompletely understood at the receptor cell level. We report here on two patients with an acquired sour ageusia. Each patient was unresponsive to sour stimuli, but both showed normal responses to bitter, sweet, and salty stimuli. METHODS AND FIND...

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Main Authors: Taufiqul Huque, Beverly J Cowart, Luba Dankulich-Nagrudny, Edmund A Pribitkin, Douglas L Bayley, Andrew I Spielman, Roy S Feldman, Scott A Mackler, Joseph G Brand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2754526?pdf=render

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