Commonly recognized sensory systems are those for vision, hearing, somatic sensation (touch), taste and olfaction (smell). Receptive fields have been identified for the visual system, auditory ...

The five external senses of vision, hearing, touch, taste, and smell—as well ... with the environment. When the sensory receptors in the nervous system malfunction, as they’re theorized ...

"These sensory neurons are surprising: during an infection, they taste the content of the cerebrospinal ... therapeutic avenues for other nervous system infections, for which we do not yet have ...

The researchers noted that these effects did not alter the taste circuit entirely, as a third nerve in the system was not affected by the diet ... of maternal gestational diet on offspring taste ...

“Because we are mammals and our taste systems are similar to rats, this is the best available evidence that a high-sugar diet is changing the sensory system,” Dus said. “So this might affect ...

Continue reading to learn more. These conditions cause a sweet taste in the mouth by affecting the body’s sensory, or nervous, system. This is a complex system of sensors affected by hormones in ...

The interface, dubbed ‘e-Taste ... brain processes sensory signals from the mouth, said Li. Plans to enhance the technology revolve around further miniaturizing the system and improving ...

“This is an entirely new sensory system,” says Maude Baldwin ... Studying cephalopod receptors might also shed some light on how human taste-sensing proteins evolved.

In lung tissue, for example, taste receptors cause ... system in the central nervous system.” To this end, the researchers looked at the role of sensory cells located along the walls of the ...