More by Taste than Judgement

Sweet taste loss in myasthenia gravis: more than a coincidence?

Sweet dysgeusia, a rare taste disorder, may be encountered in severe anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody (AChRAb)-myasthenia gravis (MG). A 42 year-old man reported progressive loss of sweet taste evolving for almost 10 weeks, revealing an AChRAb-positive MG with thymoma. Improvement of sweet perception paralleled reduction of the MG composite score during the 15 months follow up period, with ...

Therapeutic choices in the locomotor management of the child with cerebral palsy--more luck than judgement?

In the past 15 years or so our understanding of many aspects of cerebral palsy has significantly broadened. Traditional concepts regarding aetiology have been radically challenged, and we now acknowledge that “birth asphyxia”, once felt to be implicated in the majority of cases, has a causative role in approximately 10–15% of cases. Antenatal factors are recognised as having a predominant aetio...

Divided by more than a common language.

Umami responses in mouse taste cells indicate more than one receptor.

A number of gustatory receptors have been proposed to underlie umami, the taste of L-glutamate, and certain other amino acids and nucleotides. However, the response profiles of these cloned receptors have not been validated against responses recorded from taste receptor cells that are the native detectors of umami taste. We investigated umami taste responses in mouse circumvallate taste buds in...

Humans are more sensitive to the taste of linoleic and α-linolenic than oleic acid.

Health concerns have led to recommendations to replace saturated fats with unsaturated fats. However, addition of unsaturated fatty acids may lead to changes in the way foods are perceived in the oral cavity. This study tested the taste sensitivity to and emulsion characteristics of oleic, linoleic, and α-linolenic acids. The hypothesis tested was that oral sensitivity to nonesterified fatty ac...