Influences of age, tongue region, and chorda tympani nerve sectioning on signal detection measures of lingual taste sensitivity - Doty, Richard L.; Heidt, Julie M.; MacGillivray, Michael R.; Dsouza, Merle; Tracey, Elisabeth H.; Mirza, Natasha; Bigelow, Douglas (Physiology & behavior, 2016)
Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Age; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging - physiology; caffeine; Caffeine - administration & dosage; Chorda Tympani Nerve - injuries; Chorda Tympani Nerve - physiology; detection limit; Dietary Sucrose - administration & dosage; electric current; Electric Stimulation; Electrogustometry; Female; gender differences; Humans; ingestion; Male; Middle Aged; nerve tissue; nutrition; Otosclerosis - physiopathology; Otosclerosis - surgery; patients; Perception; Psychiatry; quality of life; resection; Sex; Sex Characteristics; sodium chloride; Sodium Chloride - administration & dosage; sucrose; Taste; Taste - physiology; taste sensitivity; tongue; Tongue - anatomy & histology; Tongue - physiology; volunteers; Young Adult; Perception; Taste; Electrogustometry; Age; Sex