| Budget Amount *help |
¥23,530,000 (Direct Cost: ¥18,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥5,430,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥7,540,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,740,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥11,440,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,640,000)
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| Research Abstract |
This study has demonstrated that (1) GABA may not have a pivotal role in development of taste buds or taste cells and in innervation of gustatory nerve fibers to taste buds, (2) GABA may be released from a subset of taste cells, possibly Type III cells, by depolarization of these cells, (3) intracellular Cl- concentration in taste cells may be very high therefore GABA would induce excitatory responses in these taste cells. These results suggest that GABA may play some roles in modulation of taste sensitivities in taste buds.
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