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CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES
Volume 63, Issue 13, Pages 1494-1500Publisher
SPRINGER BASEL AG
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-006-6112-9
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synapses; serotonin; ATP; paracrine; sensory afferent fibers
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- NIDCD NIH HHS [R01 DC007630, R01 DC000374] Funding Source: Medline
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Taste bud cells communicate with sensory afferent fibers and may also exchange information with adjacent cells. Indeed, communication between taste cells via conventional and/or novel synaptic interactions may occur prior to signal output to primary afferent fibers. This review discusses synaptic processing in taste buds and summarizes results showing that it is now possible to measure real-time release of synaptic transmitters during taste stimulation using cellular biosensors. There is strong evidence that scrotonin and ATP play a role in cell-to-cell signaling and sensory output in the gustatory end organs.
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