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SUBMITTER: Huang YA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2821712 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Huang Yijen A YA Dando Robin R Roper Stephen D SD
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 20091101 44
Receptor (type II) taste bud cells secrete ATP during taste stimulation. In turn, ATP activates adjacent presynaptic (type III) cells to release serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, or 5-HT) and norepinephrine (NE). The roles of these neurotransmitters in taste buds have not been fully elucidated. Here we tested whether ATP or 5-HT exert feedback onto receptor (type II) cells during taste stimulation. Our previous studies showed NE does not appear to act on adjacent taste bud cells, or at least on re ...[more]