Researchers discover receptors for stress activated hormones are localized in oral taste cells responsible for detecting sweet, umami and bitter tastes.
Children who prefer high levels of sweet tastes also prefer saltier tastes, researchers report.
A new study explains how sensory input impacts fruit flies' decisions about sweet tastes.
Researchers discovered the CALHM1 channel protein releases ATP to make a neural taste connection.
Researchers have new evidence in rats to explain how it is that chocolate candies can be so completely irresistible. The urge to overeat such deliciously sweet and fatty treats traces to an unexpected part of the brain and its production of a natural, opium-like chemical.
Scientists from the Monell Center report that seven of 12 related mammalian species have lost the sense of sweet taste....
Why do we like fatty foods so much? We can blame our taste buds. Our tongues apparently recognize and have...
Success opens doors extending from health to new taste molecules Following years of futile attempts, new research from the Monell...
