The tongue is a complex multifunctional organ that interacts and senses both interoceptively
and exteroceptively. Although it is easily visible to almost all of us, it is relatively …

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 …

Despite evidence that the ability to taste is weakened by obesity and can be rescued with
weight loss intervention, few studies have investigated the molecular effects of obesity on …

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 …

(57) ABSTRACT A method, system and computer readable medium of: pro viding feature
data of at least one organ at risk or target volume of said patient from a database of non …

Background Study results have shown that chronic exposure to cigarette smoke affects the
taste function in humans. However, neither the quantitative impact on taste sensitivity nor the …

Background: Taste buds contain∼ 60 elongate cells and several basal cells. Elongate cells
comprise three functional taste cell types: I, glial cells; II, bitter/sweet/umami receptor cells; …

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 …

Objective (s) Dysgeusia is a significant factor reducing quality of life and worsening
dysphagia in patients receiving chemoradiation therapy for head and neck cancer. The …

Purpose To describe systematic methods developed over 40 years among over 5000
patients at The Taste and Smell Clinic in Washington, DC to evaluate taste and smell …