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After the frog tongue was adapted to salt, sugar and bitter solutions, the amplitudes of initial phasic gustatory neural responses to quinine-HCl (Q-HCl) were depressed. However, adaptation to acid solutions did not affect the responses to Q-HCl.
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We are grateful to Professor M. Ichioka for his encouragement during the work and to Miss M. Oguro for her help in preparing the manuscript. Supported in part by a grant (No. 157425) from the Ministry of Education of Japan.
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Sugimoto, K., Sato, T. Depression of frog gustatory neural responses to quinine-HCl after adaptation of the tongue to various taste stimuli. Experientia 34, 196–197 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01944674
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