Mouse Taste System (IMAGE)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Mouse Taste System

Caption

Mouse taste buds (left inset) host a collection of taste receptor cells, each one tuned to a particular flavor. When key proteins in these cells are swapped, taste sensations get scrambled as they move to geniculate ganglion neurons (right inset), and then on to the brain.

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Lee et al./<i>Nature</i> 2017

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