Opening a "Wide" Window onto Taste Signal Transmission

Neuron. 2018 May 2;98(3):456-458. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.04.020.

Abstract

Taste bud cells for sweet, umami, and bitter transmit sensory signals without a synapse. A study by Ma et al. (2018) finds a key ATP-permeable pore-forming subunit required for rapid neurotransmission from the tongue to secondary taste neurons.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Ion Channels
  • Synapses
  • Synaptic Transmission
  • Taste Buds*
  • Taste*

Substances

  • Ion Channels