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What is the central question of this study? Loss of taste or inability to distinguish between different tastes progresses with age. The purpose was to evaluate the age‐dependent changes in… Click to show full abstract
What is the central question of this study? Loss of taste or inability to distinguish between different tastes progresses with age. The purpose was to evaluate the age‐dependent changes in taste by studying the electrophysiological properties of taste receptor cells. What is the main finding and its importance? Ageing decreased the voltage‐gated Na+ and K+ current densities of type III cells (sour and/or salt receptor cells) but did not affect the current densities in type II cells. At the peripheral levels, the excitability of type III cells was reduced due to ageing, which may affect the signal transduction to taste nerves.
Journal Title: Experimental Physiology
Year Published: 2020
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