Mouse Taste Buds Use Serotonin as a Neurotransmitter
Huang Y, Maruyama Y, Lu K, Pereira E, Plonsky I, Baur J, Wu D, Roper S. Mouse Taste Buds Use Serotonin as a Neurotransmitter. Journal Of Neuroscience 2005, 25: 843-847. PMID: 15673664, PMCID: PMC6725637, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4446-04.2005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTaste budsPrimary sensory afferent fibersSensory afferent fibersBitter stimulationTransmitter release mechanismMouse taste budsAfferent fibersTransmitter candidatesGustatory receptor cellsIntracellular Ca2SerotoninSour tastantsReceptor cellsChinese hamster ovary cellsHamster ovary cellsNeurotransmittersSynapsesStimulationOvary cellsReleaseCa2CellsAcetylcholineCNSReceptors