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Science 15 August 1980:
Vol. 209. no. 4458, pp. 807 - 808
DOI: 10.1126/science.7403846
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Science, Vol 209, Issue 4458, 807-808
Copyright © 1980 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Human taste: response and taste bud number in fungiform papillae

K Arvidson and U Friberg

The number of basic taste qualities registered by single human fungiform papillae is correlated with the number of taste buds borne on these papillae. Multiple sensitivity was demonstrated both in single fungiform papillae and in single taste buds, with response to all four of the basic taste qualities occuring in a single taste bud.




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