The sense of taste, or gustation, is mediated by taste buds, which are housed in specialized
taste papillae found in a stereotyped pattern on the surface of the tongue. Each bud …

The mammalian taste bud is an onion-shaped epithelial structure with 50–100 tightly packed
cells, including taste receptor cells, supporting cells, and basal cells. Taste receptor cells …

This study addresses the role of sonic hedgehog (shh) in increasing oral–pharyngeal
constructive traits (jaws and taste buds) at the expense of eyes in the blind cavefish …

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 …

The sense of taste relies on well-defined neuroanatomical structures, namely, the taste buds
and afferent nerve fibers. Taste buds are clusters of 50–100 neuroepithelial cells located …

Gustation or the sense of taste is a primary sense, which functions as a gatekeeper for
substances that enter the body. Animals, including humans, ingest foods that contain …

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 buds are found in a distributed array on the tongue surface, and are innervated by
cranial nerves that convey taste information to the brain. For nearly a century, taste buds …

Taste buds are assemblies of elongated epithelial cells, which are innervated by gustatory
nerves that transmit taste information to the brain stem. Taste cells are continuously renewed …

Taste cells undergo constant turnover throughout life; however, the molecular mechanisms
governing taste cell generation are not well understood. Using RNA-Seq, we systematically …