Primary Recipient

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THE

Amount

$60,235.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Taste transduction begins when sapid stimuli interact with the apical membrane of receptor cells, causing an increase in intracellular Ca 2+. This ultimately results in release of transmitter and activation of gustatory afferent fibers. Several G protein-