Curiously, the ATP-evoked Ca2+ responses in OXT-responsive taste cells were larger than those in OXT-nonresponsive taste cells (e.g. Figs. 4B C; 5C).
Isolated OXT-responsive taste cells were neither Receptor (Type II) nor Presynaptic (Type III) cells, consistent with our immunofluorescence observations.
Interestingly, the gustatory nerves of the P2X-dlbKO mice are not responsive to taste stimulation.
Further, because the gustatory nerves of the P2X-dlbKO mice are not responsive to taste stimulation, this model also tested whether the disruption of normal gustatory signaling might alter microglial reactivity.
In an era in which the big publishing houses are seen as overly responsive to commercial tastes, it's no accident that the NBCC chooses to honour books from smaller houses.
But since each of these systems evolved for independent reasons, music itself is no more an evolutionary adaptation than is the ability to like dessert, which arises from intense stimulation of the taste buds responsive to sweet and fatty substances.
Now the Internet has spawned a new breed of personalized radio station, one that's more responsive to individual consumers' tastes.
Although low, the expressions of the Tas1 receptors and α-gustducin are comparable with those measured in the tongue epithelium, which is known to include a limited proportion of taste-responsive cells.
Instead, we speculate that OXT-responsive Glial-like (Type I) taste bud cells modulate taste signaling and afferent sensory output.
Think about it this way: our tongues have taste buds that are responsive to five classes of chemicals, which we perceive as sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and savoury.
