Taste Quality Coding and Transduction Mechanisms

<p>G-protein coupled receptors</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is isolated from the main airstream</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Detection of pheromones</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>T1R1 + T1R3 umami receptor</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Coding for particular odorants</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>More than two</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Receiving inputs from receptor cells expressing different receptors</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Taste involves detecting airborne chemicals, while smell involves detecting chemicals in contact with the animal.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It facilitates the transfer of pheromones into the vomeronasal organ.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By indicating the nutritionally important food and presence of toxins through different types of receptor proteins.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Combinatorial encoding based on the pattern of activation of olfactory receptor cells</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Integration of information before reaching the olfactory cortex</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>One type of receptor protein per receptor cell</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>PKD2L1 channel and Acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) involving pH-sensitive Na+ channels</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Salt deficiency triggering aldosterone secretion</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Broad-spectrum receptors detecting many kinds of sweet substances</p> Signup and view all the answers