Taste modalities are conserved in insects and mammals. Sweet gustatory signals evoke
attractive behaviors while bitter gustatory information drive aversive behaviors. Salt (NaCl) is …

Taste sensation and regulation are highly conserved in insects and mammals. Research
conducted over recent decades has yielded major advances in our understanding of the …

Salt taste, the taste of sodium chloride (NaCl), is mechanistically one of the most complex
and puzzling among basic tastes. Sodium has essential functions in the body but causes …

Each taste modality is generally encoded by a single, molecularly defined, population of
sensory cells. However, salt stimulates multiple taste pathways in mammals and insects …

How taste buds detect NaCl remains poorly understood. Among other problems, applying
taste-relevant concentrations of NaCl (50–500 mm) onto isolated taste buds or cells exposes …

High concentrations of dietary salt are harmful to health. Like most animals, Drosophila
melanogaster are attracted to foods that have low concentrations of salt, but show strong …

Salt (NaCl), is an essential nutrient for survival, while excessive salt can be detrimental. In
the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, internal taste organs in the pharynx are critical …

Ammonia is both a building block and a breakdown product of amino acids and is found
widely in the environment. The odor of ammonia is attractive to many insects, including …

Salts are essential nutrients required for many physiological processes, and accordingly,
their composition and concentration are tightly regulated. Taste is the ultimate sensory …

Below a certain level, table salt (NaCl) is beneficial for animals, whereas excessive salt is
harmful. However, it remains unclear how low-and high-salt taste perceptions are …