| Title |
Sour Ageusia in Two Individuals Implicates Ion Channels of the ASIC and PKD Families in Human Sour Taste Perception at the Anterior Tongue
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, October 2009
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0007347 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Taufiqul Huque, Beverly J. Cowart, Luba Dankulich-Nagrudny, Edmund A. Pribitkin, Douglas L. Bayley, Andrew I. Spielman, Roy S. Feldman, Scott A. Mackler, Joseph G. Brand |
| Abstract |
The perception of sour taste in humans is incompletely understood at the receptor cell level. We report here on two patients with an acquired sour ageusia. Each patient was unresponsive to sour stimuli, but both showed normal responses to bitter, sweet, and salty stimuli. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 63 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 61 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 10 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 10% |
| Professor | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 15 | 24% |
| Unknown | 13 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 22 | 35% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 10% |
| Psychology | 5 | 8% |
| Unspecified | 2 | 3% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 11 | 17% |
| Unknown | 15 | 24% |