Five basic tastes: sweet, bitter, salty, sour, umami. T1R/T2R GPCRs + ENaC/PKD2L1 channels. Taste buds on papillae → chorda tympani/glossopharyngeal → gustatory cortex.
Five basic tastes: sweet, bitter, salty, sour, umami. T1R/T2R GPCRs + ENaC/PKD2L1 channels. Taste buds on papillae → chorda tympani/glossopharyngeal → gustatory cortex.