Amiloride does not block taste transduction in the mudpuppy, Necturus maculosus |
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Authors: | McPheeters Martha; Roper Stephen D |
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Abstract: | Activity of the glossopharyngeal nerve was recorded with bipolarsilver wire electrodes while taste stimuli were applied to thelingual surface in anesthetized mudpuppies. Taste stimuli wereinjected into a continuous stream of distilled water which wasrunning over the tongue, KCl, CaCl2 and LiCl2 at 0.4 M elicitedbrisk responses, as did HCl at 0.2 M and quinine at 6 x 104M. Sucrose, glucose and saccharin did not elicit responses.Twenty amino acids were surveyed for their ability to evokea response at 0.04 M: 1-arginine, 1-valine, 1-phenylalanine,1-tryptophan, 1-tyrosine, 1-glutamic acid, 1-lysine and histidinealways evoked responses, whereas other amino acids either didnot evoke responses or only occasionally evoked responses. Thesupernatants from solutions of minced worms and minnows andPurina Trout Chow were effective taste stimuli. Pre-adaptingthe tongue to Ringer's solution by running a continuous streamof Ringer's solution over it eliminated responses to quinineand decreased responses to NaCl. Pre-adapting the tongue to104 to 103 M amiloride, a potent sodium channelblocker, did not alter the responses to NaCl, LiCl, or othertaste stimuli. |
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