A spoonful of bitter helps the sugar response go down.
Neuron
; 79(4): 612-4, 2013 Aug 21.
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| ID: mdl-23972590
ABSTRACT
Sweet and bitter taste distinguishes good food sources from potential toxins, but what happens when these tastants are mixed? In this issue of Neuron, Jeong et al. (2013) show that in Drosophila, bitter compounds act through an extracellular odorant-binding protein to inhibit sweet-responsive neurons and block the response to sweet taste.
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Paladar
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Receptores Odorantes
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Odorantes
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Neuron
Ano de publicação:
2013
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Article