Representation of umami taste in the human brain.

Umami taste stimuli, of which an exemplar is monosodium glutamate (MSG) and which capture what is described as the taste of protein, were shown using functional MRI (fMRI) to activate similar cortical regions of the human taste system to those activated by a prototypical taste stimulus, glucose. The...

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Main Authors: de Araujo, I, Kringelbach, M, Rolls, E, Hobden, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2003