| Taste as a basis for body wisdom. | |
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PMID: 21530560 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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The sense of taste uses a variety of discrete receptor mechanisms to identify nutrients and toxins. Information from receptors is arrayed along a dimension of physiological welfare, which serves as the organizing principle of the taste system. This, in turn, drives central physiological and neurochemical processes that underlie hedonics: nutrients elicit reward; toxins, aversion. The sensitivity of the taste system, and so the placement of chemical stimuli along the welfare dimension, is modifiable based on level of satiety, experience, or physiological need. These modifications may be sufficient to guide the animal's food choices according to those that satisfy its needs at the moment. Thus, judicious changes in taste sensitivity of the rodent may underlie the demonstrated behavior of body wisdom. |
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Thomas R Scott |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-4-22 |
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Title: Physiology & behavior Volume: - ISSN: 1873-507X ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Apr |
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Created Date: 2011-5-2 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0151504 Medline TA: Physiol Behav Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011. Published by Elsevier Inc. |
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