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Berube L, Duffy VB, Hayes JE, Hoffman HJ, Rawal S. Associations between chronic cigarette smoking and taste function: Results from the 2013-2014 national health and nutrition examination survey. Physiol Behav 2021; 240:113554. [PMID: 34375623 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2021.113554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Revised: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We identified associations between cigarette-smoking and taste function in the U.S. NHANES 2013-2014. Adults ≥ 40 years (n = 2849, nearly half former or current smokers) rated whole-mouth and tongue-tip bitter (1 mM quinine) and salt (1 M NaCl, 0.32 M NaCl) intensities and reported smoking history (pack years, PY), dependence (time to first cigarette, TTFC) and menthol/non-menthol use. Perceived intensity on the tongue-tip averaged just below moderate for quinine and moderate to strong for 1 M NaCl. Current chronic smokers (≥ 20 PY) reported lower bitter and salty intensities on the tongue-tip (β: -2.0, 95% CI: -3.7 to -0.4 and β: -3.6, 95% CI: -6.9 to -0.3, respectively) than never smokers. Similarly, compared to never smokers, dependent current smokers (TTFC ≤ 30 min) and dependent chronic smokers (≥ 20 PY, TTFC ≤ 30 min) rated less bitter (β: -2.0, 95% CI: -4.0 to 0.1 and β: -2.9, 95% CI: -4.5 to -1.3, respectively) and salty (β: -5.3, 95% CI: -9.3 to -1.4 and β: -4.7, 95% CI: -8.6 to -0.7, respectively) intensities on the tongue-tip. Depressed tongue-tip intensity in dependent smokers (with/without chronicity) versus never smokers was significant in younger (40-65 years), but not older (> 65 years) adults. Former smokers, non-chronic/less dependent smokers, and menthol smokers were more likely to report elevated whole-mouth quinine and 1 M NaCl intensities. Tongue-tip and whole-mouth taste intensity concordance varied between smokers and never smokers-current dependent smokers were more likely to rate tongue-tip quinine and NaCl lower than their respective whole-mouth tastants (OR: 1.8, 95% CI: 1.0 to 3.1 and OR: 1.8, 95% CI: 1.1 to 2.8, respectively). In summary, these U.S. nationally-representative data show that current smoking with chronicity and/or dependence associates with lower tongue-tip intensity for bitter and salty stimuli. Smokers with greater exposure to nicotine and/or dependence showed greater risk of taste alterations, with implications for diet- and smoking-related health outcomes.
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- Lauren Berube
- Department of Clinical and Preventive Nutrition Sciences, Rutgers School of Health Professions, 65 Bergen St., Newark, NJ 07107-1709, United States
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- Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, 358 Mansfield Rd, Storrs, CT 06269, United States
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- Sensory Evaluation Center, The Pennsylvania State University, 220 Erickson Food Science Building, University Park, PA 16802, United States; Department of Food Science, College of Agricultural Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 220 Erickson Food Science Building, University Park, PA 16802, United States
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- Epidemiology and Statistics Program, Division of Scientific Programs, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, (NIH), 10 Center Dr., Bethesda, MD 20892, United States
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- Department of Clinical and Preventive Nutrition Sciences, Rutgers School of Health Professions, 65 Bergen St., Newark, NJ 07107-1709, United States.
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Capsaicin-induced pain sensitivity in short tear break-up time dry eye. Ocul Surf 2020; 18:620-626. [PMID: 32712260 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtos.2020.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Revised: 07/08/2020] [Accepted: 07/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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PURPOSE To evaluate transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1)-mediated pain sensitivity in patients with short tear break-up time (TBUT) dry eye (DE) by using the capsaicin stimulus test. METHODS This prospective cross-sectional comparative study included 22 eyes of 22 patients with short TBUT DE and 11 eyes of 11 non-DE control subjects. Patients were divided into two groups based on response to standard DE treatments: 10 non-responders (intractable DE) and 12 responders (responsive DE). Mechanical touch (M-touch) and mechanical pain (M-pain) were measured using a Cochet-Bonnet esthesiometer. Capsaicin-induced pain (C-pain) and C-pain duration (C-pain DT) were measured using a capsaicin stimulus test. Psychological distress was also assessed. RESULTS M-touch sensitivity was similar among all three groups. M-pain sensitivity was higher in the responsive DE group than in the intractable DE and control groups (P < .001). C-pain sensitivity was lower (P < .001) in the intractable DE group than in the responsive DE and control groups, and C-pain DT was shorter (P = .006) in the intractable DE group than in the responsive DE group. Psychological distress was higher in the intractable DE group than in the control group (P < .001). CONCLUSIONS Patients with intractable short TBUT DE were less sensitive to the effects of capsaicin than patients with responsive short TBUT DE and controls. Altered neural activation may contribute to the development of DE symptoms in the short TBUT DE subjects. The capsaicin stimulus test may be used to better understand pain sensitivity in short TBUT DE patients.
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Nachtigal D, Andrew K, Green BG. Selective Effects of Temperature on the Sensory Irritation but not Taste of NaCl and Citric Acid. Chem Senses 2019; 44:61-68. [PMID: 30418541 DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjy072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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This study investigated the effect of temperature on taste and chemesthetic sensations produced by the prototypical salty and sour stimuli NaCl and citric acid. Experiment 1 measured the perceived intensity of irritation (burning, stinging) and taste (saltiness, sourness) produced on the tongue tip by brief (3 s) exposures to suprathreshold concentrations of NaCl and citric acid at 3 different temperatures (12, 34, and 42 °C). No significant effects of temperature were found on the taste or sensory irritation of either stimulus. Experiment 2 investigated the potential effects of temperature on sensory irritation at peri-threshold concentrations and its sensitization over time. Measurements were again made on the tongue tip at the same 3 temperatures. Heating was found to enhance the perception of irritation at peri-threshold concentrations for both stimuli, whereas cooling suppressed sensitization of irritation for NaCl but not for citric acid. These results (i) confirm prior evidence that perception of suprathreshold salty and sour tastes are independent of temperature; (ii) demonstrate that heat has only weak effects on sensory irritation produced by brief exposures to NaCl and citric acid; and (iii) suggest that sensitization of the irritation produced by NaCl and citric acid occur via different peripheral mechanisms that have different thermal sensitivities. Overall, the results are consistent with involvement of the heat-sensitive channel TRPV1 in the sensory irritation of both stimuli together with one or more additional channels (e.g., acid-sensing channel, epithelial sodium channel, TRPA1) that are insensitive to heat and may possibly be sensitive to cooling.
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- Danielle Nachtigal
- The John B. Pierce Laboratory, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- The John B. Pierce Laboratory, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- The John B. Pierce Laboratory, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.,Department of Surgery (Otolaryngology), Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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Xu J, Lewandowski BC, Miyazawa T, Shoji Y, Yee K, Bryant BP. Spilanthol Enhances Sensitivity to Sodium in Mouse Taste Bud Cells. Chem Senses 2019; 44:91-103. [PMID: 30364996 PMCID: PMC6350677 DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjy069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Overconsumption of NaCl has been linked to increased hypertension-related morbidity. Compounds that can enhance NaCl responses in taste cells could help reduce human NaCl consumption without sacrificing perceived saltiness. Spilanthol is an unsaturated alkylamide isolated from the Jambu plant (Acmella oleracea) that can induce tingling, pungency, and numbing in the mouth. Structurally similar fatty acid amides, such as sanshool, elicit numbing and tingling sensations by inhibiting 2-pore-domain potassium leak channels on trigeminal sensory neurons. Even when insufficient to induce action potential firing, leak current inhibition causes depolarization and increased membrane resistance, which combine to make cells more sensitive to subsequent depolarizing stimuli, such as NaCl. Using calcium imaging, we tested whether spilanthol alters sensitivity to NaCl in isolated circumvallate taste bud cells and trigeminal sensory neurons of mice (Mus musculus). Micromolar spilanthol elicited little to no response in taste bud cells or trigeminal neurons. These same perithreshold concentrations of spilanthol significantly enhanced responses to NaCl (140 and 200 mM) in taste bud cells. Trigeminal neurons, however, exhibited response enhancement only at the highest concentrations of NaCl and spilanthol tested. Using a combination of potassium depolarization, immunohistochemistry, and Trpm5-GFP and Tas1r3-GFP mice to characterize taste bud cells by type, we found spilanthol enhancement of NaCl responses most prevalent in NaCl-responsive type III cells, and commonly observed in NaCl-responsive type II cells. Our results indicate that spilanthol enhances NaCl responses in taste bud cells and point to a family of compounds that may have utility as salty taste enhancers.
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- Jiang Xu
- Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA , USA
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- Ogawa & Co. Ltd., Nihonbashi Honcho Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA , USA
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The trigeminal sensory nerve fiber branches supply afferent information from the skin and mucous membranes of the face and head and the oral cavity regarding information on temperature, touch, and pain. Under normal conditions, the trigeminal nerve serves to provide important information from nerve fibers and tissues using specialized receptors sensitive for irritant and painful stimuli. The current scientific consensus indicates that nerve endings responsible for chemical and thermal sensitivity of the skin and mucous membranes are the same nerves responsible for nociception. This "chemesthetic sense" allows many vertebrates to detect chemical agonists that induce sensations such as touch, burning, stinging, tingling, or changes in temperature. Research has been under way for many years to determine how exposure of the oral and/or nasal cavity to compounds that elicit pungent or irritant sensations can produce these sensations. In addition, these chemicals can alter other sensory information such as taste and smell to affect the flavor of foods and beverages. We now know that these 'chemesthetic molecules' are agonists of molecular receptors, which exist on primary afferent nerve fibers that innervate the orofacial area. However, under pathophysiologic conditions, over- or underexpression or activity of these receptors may lead to painful orotrigeminal syndromes. Some of these individual receptors are discussed in detail, including transient receptor potential channels and acid sensing ion channels, among others.
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- Amanda H Klein
- Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN, United States. //
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Christina J, Palma-Salgado S, Clark D, Kahraman O, Lee SY. Impact of Prior Consumption on Sour, Sweet, Salty, and Bitter Tastes. J Food Sci 2015; 81:S477-82. [PMID: 26709855 DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.13185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2015] [Accepted: 11/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Food sensory tests generally require panelists to abstain from food or beverage consumption 30 min to an hour before a tasting session. However, investigators do not have a complete control over panelists' intentional or unintentional consumption prior to a tasting session. Currently, it is unclear how prior consumption impacts the results of the tasting session. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of temporary and lingering mouth irritation caused by the consumption of coffee, orange juice, and gum within 1, 15, or 30 min prior to the tasting session on the perception of 4 basic tastes: sweet, salty, sour, and bitter. Fifty-two panelists were served a beverage (orange juice, coffee, and water) or were asked to chew a piece of gum, and then, remained in the waiting room for 1, 15, or 30 min. They were then asked to report taste intensities using 15-cm unstructured line scales. Mean intensities of all tastes were not significantly different when orange juice was a primer at 1, 15, and 30 min when compared to water. Mean intensities of bitter were significantly lower when coffee was a primer at 1, 15, and 30 min than when water was a primer. Mean intensities of sweet were significantly lower when gum was a primer at 1 and 15 min than when water was a primer. The findings showed that it is necessary for 30 min or more waiting period of no food or beverage consumption prior to sensory testing.
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- Josephine Christina
- Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 905 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, Ill., 61801, U.S.A
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- Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 905 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, Ill., 61801, U.S.A
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- Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 905 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, Ill., 61801, U.S.A
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- Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 905 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, Ill., 61801, U.S.A
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- Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 905 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, Ill., 61801, U.S.A
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Bellavite P, Signorini A, Marzotto M, Moratti E, Bonafini C, Olioso D. Cell sensitivity, non-linearity and inverse effects. HOMEOPATHY 2015; 104:139-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.homp.2015.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2014] [Revised: 01/27/2015] [Accepted: 02/03/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Mettam JJ, McCrohan CR, Sneddon LU. Characterisation of chemosensory trigeminal receptors in the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss: responses to chemical irritants and carbon dioxide. J Exp Biol 2012; 215:685-93. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.060350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Trigeminally innervated, mechanically sensitive chemoreceptors (M) were previously identified in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, but it is not known whether these receptors are responsive only to noxious, chemical irritants or have a general chemosensory function. This study aimed to characterise the stimulus–response properties of these receptors in comparison with polymodal nociceptors (P). Both P and M gave similar response profiles to acetic acid concentrations. The electrophysiological properties were similar between the two different afferent types. To determine whether the receptors have a nociceptive function, a range of chemical stimulants was applied to these receptors, including non-noxious stimuli such as ammonium chloride, bile, sodium bicarbonate and alarm pheromone, and potentially noxious chemical irritants such as acetic acid, carbon dioxide, low pH, citric acid, citric acid phosphate buffer and sodium chloride. Only irritant stimuli evoked a response, confirming their nociceptive function. All receptor afferents tested responded to carbon dioxide (CO2) in the form of mineral water or soda water. The majority responded to 1% acetic acid, 2% citric acid, citric acid phosphate buffer (pH 3) and 5.0 mol l–1 NaCl. CO2 receptors have been characterised in the orobranchial cavity and gill arches in fish; however, this is the first time that external CO2 receptors have been identified on the head of a fish. Because the fish skin is in constant contact with the aqueous environment, contaminants with a low pH or hypercapnia may stimulate the nociceptive system in fish.
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- Jessica J. Mettam
- University of Liverpool, School of Biological Sciences, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
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- University of Manchester, Faculty of Life Sciences, AV Hill Building, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- University of Liverpool, School of Biological Sciences, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
- University of Chester, Biological Sciences, Chester CH1 4BJ, UK
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Albin KC, Simons CT. Psychophysical evaluation of a sanshool derivative (alkylamide) and the elucidation of mechanisms subserving tingle. PLoS One 2010; 5:e9520. [PMID: 20209090 PMCID: PMC2831077 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2009] [Accepted: 02/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Previous studies investigated the neural and molecular underpinnings of the tingle sensation evoked by sanshool and other natural or synthetic alkylamides. Currently, we sought to characterize the psychophysical properties associated with administration of these compounds. Like other chemesthetic stimuli, the synthetic tingle analog isobutylalkylamide (IBA) evoked a sensation that was temporally dynamic. Repeated IBA application at short (30 sec) interstimulus intervals (ISI) resulted in a tingle sensation that increased across trials. Application at longer ISIs (approximately 30 min) resulted in a sensation of decreased intensity consistent with self-desensitization. Prior treatment with the TRPV1 or TRPA1 agonists, capsaicin and mustard oil did not cross-desensitize the tingle sensation evoked by IBA suggesting that neither TRPV1 nor TRPA1 participate in the transduction mechanism sub-serving tingle. When evaluated over 30-min time period, lingual IBA evoked a sensation that was described initially as tingling and pungent but after approximately 15 min, as a cooling sensation. Further, we found that the sensation evoked by lingual IBA was potentiated by simultaneous application of cold (0 degrees C) and cool (21 degrees C) thermal stimuli but was unaffected by warm (33 degrees C) and hot (41 degrees C) temperatures. Finally, to test the hypothesis that the tingling sensation is subserved by the activation of mechanosensitve fibers, we evaluated lingual tactile thresholds in the presence and absence of lingual IBA. The presence of IBA significantly raised lingual tactile thresholds, whereas capsaicin did not, identifying a role for mechanosensitive fibers in conveying the tingle sensation evoked by sanshool-like compounds. Collectively, these results show that lingual alkylamide evokes a complex sensation that is temporally dynamic and consistent with in vitro and in vivo experiments suggesting these compounds activate mechanosensitve neurons via blockade of KCNK two-pore potassium channels to induce the novel tingling sensation.
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- Kelly C. Albin
- Givaudan Flavors Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
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Colour–coolant–aroma interactions and the impact of congruency and exposure on flavour perception. Food Qual Prefer 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2007.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Verhagen JV, Engelen L. The neurocognitive bases of human multimodal food perception: sensory integration. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2006; 30:613-50. [PMID: 16457886 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2005.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2005] [Revised: 11/23/2005] [Accepted: 11/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This review addresses a fundamental neuroscientific question in food perception: how multimodal features of food are integrated. Much research and conceptualization has emerged related to multisensory integration in vision, audition and somatosensation, while it remains poorly understood and researched within the chemical and mouth feel senses. This review aims to bridge this gap. We discuss the main concepts in the fields of auditory, visual and somatosensory multisensory integration and relate them to oral-sensory (gustatory and somatosensory) and olfactory (orolfactory) interactions. We systematically review the psychophysical literature pertaining to intra- and intermodal interactions related to food perception, while making explicit distinctions between peripheral and central interactions. As the neural bases of crossmodal orolfaction currently are poorly understood, we introduce several plausible neuroscientific models, which provide a framework for further neuroscientific exploration in this area. We are guided by a new meta-analysis of the odor-taste neuroimaging literature, as well as by single-unit, anatomical and psychophysical studies. Finally, we propose strong involvement of recurrent neural networks in multisensory integration and make suggestions for future research.
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- Justus V Verhagen
- Department of Biology, Boston University, 5 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Simons CT, Sudo S, Sudo M, Carstens E. Mustard oil has differential effects on the response of trigeminal caudalis neurons to heat and acidity. Pain 2004; 110:64-71. [PMID: 15275753 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2004.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2003] [Revised: 02/10/2004] [Accepted: 03/01/2004] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Topical application of mustard oil (allyl isothiocyanate) to the skin or injection into joints induces hyperalgesia, allodynia, and neuroinflammation. However, when applied to the oral or nasal mucosa, mustard oil evokes a desensitizing pattern of irritation. Presently we investigated the responses of neurons in superficial laminae of trigeminal subnucleus caudalis (Vc) to noxious thermal (53 degrees C) and chemical (pentanoic acid; 200 mM) stimuli prior to and following lingual mustard oil application. A low concentration of mustard oil (0.125%) applied by constant flow (0.5 ml/min; 15 min), initially excited Vc neurons followed by partial desensitization. Responses to noxious heat were unchanged following mustard oil. A high concentration of mustard oil (1.25%) initially excited Vc neurons followed quickly (within 20 s) by nearly complete desensitization. The desensitization was transient since reapplication of mustard oil approximately 20 min later elicited a comparable response that also rapidly desensitized. Mustard oil also transiently cross-desensitized Vc responses to pentanoic acid (to 52%), in striking contrast to noxious heat-evoked responses which were significantly sensitized to approximately 160% of pre-mustard oil levels. The data suggest that the effect of mustard oil on subsequent lingual nociceptive responses is concentration dependent, transient, and modality specific.
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- Christopher T Simons
- Section of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Sudo S, Sudo M, Simons CT, Dessirier JM, Iodi Carstens M, Carstens E. Activation of neurons in trigeminal caudalis by noxious oral acidic or salt stimuli is not reduced by amiloride. Brain Res 2003; 969:237-43. [PMID: 12676384 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(03)02341-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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We investigated the possible role of amiloride-sensitive ion channels of the ENaC/DEGenerin superfamily in the activation of trigeminal nociceptive neurons elicited by noxious chemical stimulation of the oral mucosa using two methodologies, single-unit recording and c-fos immunohistochemistry. In pentobarbital-anesthetized rats, single-unit recordings were made from neurons in superficial laminae of dorsomedial trigeminal subnucleus caudalis (Vc) that responded to noxious thermal and chemical stimuli applied to the dorsal tongue. Successive application of each of three chemicals (250 mM pentanoic acid, n=6 units; 250 mM citric acid, n=8; 5 M NaCl, n=6) evoked responses that were not affected following topical application of amiloride (1 mM). In separate experiments, pentobarbital-anesthetized rats received one of the following stimuli delivered to the dorsal tongue: 250 mM pentanoic acid (n=6); 1 mM amiloride followed by 250 mM pentanoic (N=6); 5 M NaCl (n=5); or 1 mM amiloride followed by 5 M NaCl (n=5). Two hours later they were perfused with 4% paraformaldehyde and the brain stems processed for c-fos immunoreactivity. Both pentanoic acid and 5 M NaCl evoked similar numbers and patterns of fos-like immunoreactivity (FLI) in dorsomedial Vc and other brain stem regions, with no significant difference in counts of FLI in animals pretreated with amiloride. These results suggest that amiloride-sensitive Na(+) channels are not essential in mediating the activation of intraoral trigeminal nociceptors.
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- Satoko Sudo
- Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitology, Ehime University School of Medicine, Ehime, Shigenobu, Japan
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It hurts so good: oral irritation by spices and carbonated drinks and the underlying neural mechanisms. Food Qual Prefer 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0950-3293(01)00067-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Sudo S, Sudo M, Simons CT, Dessirier JM, Carstens E. Sensitization of trigeminal caudalis neuronal responses to intraoral acid and salt stimuli and desensitization by nicotine. Pain 2002; 98:277-286. [PMID: 12127029 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3959(02)00025-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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In human studies, repeated intraoral application of strong acidic or salt stimuli induces irritation that progressively increases across trials (sensitization), whereas irritation elicited by nicotine progressively decreases (desensitization). We investigated whether nociceptive neurons in trigeminal subnucleus caudalis (Vc) exhibit increasing or decreasing patterns of firing to the intraoral application of these irritants. In rats anesthetized with halothane and thiopental, single-unit recordings were made from nociceptive neurons in superficial layers of dorsomedial Vc that responded to mechanical and noxious thermal and chemical stimulation of the tongue. NaCl (5M), citric acid (300 mM), pentanoic acid (300 mM) or nicotine (600 mM) were separately delivered to the tongue by constant flow (0.32 ml/min) for 15 or 25 min. NaCl, citric acid and pentanoic acid each elicited a progressive, significant increase in Vc neuronal firing over the initial 10 min to a plateau level that was maintained for the stimulus duration. Nicotine induced a significant increase in firing rate of Vc neurons within 6 min, followed by a decline back to the baseline level over the ensuing 10 min. Following a rest period, reapplication of nicotine no longer activated Vc neurons, indicative of self-desensitization. We additionally tested for nicotine cross-desensitization to acid. After recording the responses of Vc neurons to pentanoic acid and noxious heat, nicotine was then applied for 15 min. Post-nicotine responses to pentanoic acid were markedly reduced (to 13% of control), indicative of cross-desensitization; responses to noxious heat were also reduced to a lesser degree (to 71% of control). The progressive increase in Vc neuronal firing elicited by NaCl and acid, and the decline in firing after initial nicotinic excitation, resemble psychophysical patterns of sensitization and desensitization, respectively, and support the involvement of Vc neurons in the signaling of oral irritant sensations.
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- Satoko Sudo
- Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitology, Ehime University School of Medicine, Ehime, Shigenobu, Japan Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA Unilever Research US, Edgewater, NY 07020, USA Section of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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