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An initial phasic depolorization exists in the receptor potential of taste cells

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When frog taste cells were stimulated by varying salts after adaptation to water, quinine or acetic acid, a phasic depolarization appeared initially in the receptor potential of taste cells. The initial transient depolarization may be related to the enhancement of an initial phasic response in the taste nerve.

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  1. Department of Physiology, School of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Yushima, 113, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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This paper is dedicated to the memory of the late Professor Mituo Tamasige, Zoological Institute, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University.

I wish to thank Professor M. Ichioka for his encouragement during the present work and Miss M. Oguro and Mrs K. Sugimoto for their kind help in preparation of the manuscript. This work was supported in part by a grant (No. 157425) from the Ministry of Education of Japan.

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Sato, T. An initial phasic depolorization exists in the receptor potential of taste cells. Experientia 33, 1165–1167 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01922306

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