Astringency: A More Stringent Definition

作者:Jiang Yue*; Gong Naihua N; Matsunami Hiroaki
来源:Chemical Senses, 2014, 39(6): 467-469.
DOI:10.1093/chemse/bju021

摘要

Despite being an everyday sensory experience, the nature of astringency perception is not clear. In this issue of Chemical Senses, Schobel et al. demonstrate that astringency is a trigeminal sensation in human, and astringents trigger a G protein-coupled pathway in trigeminal ganglion cells in the mouse.

  • 出版日期2014-7