Flexible and dynamic representations of gustatory information

Ohla, Kathrin

doi:10.1016/j.cophys.2021.01.002

Journal Article

FZJ-2021-05954

Flexible and dynamic representations of gustatory information

Ohla, K. (Corresponding author)FZJ*

2021
Elsevier [Amsterdam]

Current opinion in physiology 20, 140 - 145 (2021) [10.1016/j.cophys.2021.01.002]

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Abstract: Despite its high biological relevance in the regulation of eating behavior, little is known about the mechanisms of human taste perception. Here, I review recent findings on human taste processing and discuss the main factors that have hindered human taste research from progressing at the pace of the other sensory modalities. I mention methodological hurdles that have impeded much-needed neuroscientific applications in general and electrophysiological studies in particular. I argue that the current foci – on animal models on one hand, and neuroimaging in humans on the other – should be adjusted to include human electrophysiology because this approach could capture dynamically changing aspects of neuronal responses that remain uncharted territory in gustation.

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