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SUBMITTER: Thomas E Finger
PROVIDER: EMPIAR-10331 | biostudies-other |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Yang Ruibiao R Dzowo Yannick K YK Wilson Courtney E CE Russell Rae L RL Kidd Grahame J GJ Salcedo Ernesto E Lasher Robert S RS Kinnamon John C JC Finger Thomas E TE
The Journal of comparative neurology 20191101 5
Taste buds comprise four types of taste cells: three mature, elongate types, Types I-III; and basally situated, immature postmitotic type, Type IV cells. We employed serial blockface scanning electron microscopy to delineate the characteristics and interrelationships of the taste cells in the circumvallate papillae of adult mice. Type I cells have an indented, elongate nucleus with invaginations, folded plasma membrane, and multiple apical microvilli in the taste pore. Type I microvilli may be e ...[more]