| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Taste buds consist of the heterogeneous population of taste bud cells with different cell types that may make cell-to-cell communications within taste buds. I show that the electrophysiological properties of ion channels for paracrine signaling, the cell-type dependent expression of the channel and neurotransmitter receptors, and the ratio of cell types expressing the channel and receptors in a single taste bud. The discussion is made on the role of these channels and receptors in the transmission of taste responses.
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