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 …

Essentially we show recent data to shed new light on the thorny controversy of how teeth
arose in evolution. Essentially we show (a) how teeth can form equally from any epithelium …

Biotinylated dextran amine and fluorescent carbocyanine dye (DiI) were used to examine
connections of the lateral (Dl) and medial (Dm) divisions of the goldfish pallium. Besides …

Knowledge of the development and evolution of the neural crest sheds light on many of the
oldest unanswered questions in developmental biology. What is the role of germ layers in …

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 buds are chemosensory endorgans consisting of modified epithelial cells. Fish and
other vertebrates use their taste bud cells to sample potential food, either selecting or …

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 …

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 …

The gustatory system in vertebrates comprises peripheral receptors (taste buds), innervated
by three cranial nerves (VII, IX, and X), and a series of central neural centers and pathways …

ABSTRACT A combination of anatomical, histological and physiological data from wild-type
and null-mutated mice have established crucial roles for BDNF and NT3 in gustatory and …