Influences of age, tongue region, and chorda tympani nerve sectioning on signal detection measures of lingual taste sensitivity

• Published in: Physiology & behavior Vol. 155; pp. 202 - 207
• Main Authors: Doty, Richard L., Heidt, Julie M., MacGillivray, Michael R., Dsouza, Merle, Tracey, Elisabeth H., Mirza, Natasha, Bigelow, Douglas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.2016
• Subjects: 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

Although the ability to taste is critical for ingestion, nutrition, and quality of life, a clear understanding of the influences of age, sex, and chorda tympani (CT) resection on taste function in different regions of the anterior tongue is generally lacking. In this study we employed criterion-free...