Taste buds are aggregates of 50–100 polarized neuroepithelial cells that detect nutrients
and other compounds. Combined analyses of gene expression and cellular function reveal …

Taste buds are the sensory endorgans for gustation. In mammals, taste buds comprise a
collection of~ 50–100 elongate epithelial cells and a small number of proliferative basal …

The past decade has witnessed a consolidation and refinement of the extraordinary
progress made in taste research. This Review describes recent advances in our …

Taste buds are peripheral chemosensory organs situated in the oral cavity. Each taste bud
consists of a community of 50–100cells that interact synaptically during gustatory …

In the last few years, single-cell profiling of taste cells and ganglion cells has advanced our
understanding of transduction, encoding, and transmission of information from taste buds as …

Recent studies on how peripheral taste organs function have revealed a number of
intriguing membrane mechanisms underlying taste transduction. The story is still evolving …

The discovery of two families of mammalian taste receptors has provided important insights
into taste recognition and taste perception. Recent studies have examined the receptors and …

A longstanding question in taste research concerns taste coding and, in particular, how
broadly are individual taste bud cells tuned to taste qualities (sweet, bitter, umami, salty, and …

Mammalian taste buds are maintained through continuous cell renewal so that taste bud
cells are constantly generated from progenitor cells throughout life. Taste bud cells are …

Taste is one of the fundamental senses, and it is essential for our ability to ingest nutritious
substances and to detect and avoid potentially toxic ones. Taste buds, which are clusters of …