Taste, Paperback by Beidler, Lloyd M. (EDT), Like New Used, Free shipping in ...

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Publication Name: Taste ISBN: 9783642652479 Language: English Item Length: 9.6 in Author: Lloyd M. Beidler Book Title: Taste Subject Area: Science, Medical Publisher: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg Publication Year: 2011 Item Width: 6.7 in width: 6.7 in Subject: Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology (See Also Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology), Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology, General Series: Handbook of Sensory Physiology Ser. Format: Trade Paperback Type: Textbook Number of Pages: VIII, 410 Pages Item Weight: 27.5 Oz

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Taste, Paperback by Beidler, Lloyd M. (EDT), Like New Used, Free shipping in .... Taste, Paperback by Beidler, Lloyd M. (EDT), ISBN 3642652476, ISBN-13 9783642652479, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Taste receptors monitor the quality of all the food ingested. They are intimately involved in both food acceptance and rejection. The sensation of taste is also important in the regulation of many specific chemicals necessary for maintenance of the body. For example, disturbance of the adrenal glands results in a change in the intake of salt which is necessary for regulation of the sodium balance. Curt Richter's early studies on specific hungers and preference thresholds initiated a large number of studies in this field. The relationship between taste and food intake is now well recognized by physiologists, psychologists and nutritionists. Our current concepts of the neural coding of taste quality and intensity are largely based upon the classical paper by PFAFFMANN in 1941. Many subsequent single nerve fiber studies have added to our understanding. In recent years Zotterman and Diamant have successfully recorded from the human taste nerves as they pass through the middle ear. This allowed them to study the relationships between the response of taste receptors and the resultant taste sensation. No similar feat has yet been accomplished with the visual and auditory systems.