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1.  Interactions of Monosodium Glutamate and Sodium Chloride on Saltiness and Palatability of a Clear Soup
Shizuko Yamaguchi and Chikahito Takahashi
Journal of Food Science, 1984 Vol.49p82-85
2.  The Effect of Taste on Gastric and Pancreatic Responses in Dogs
Mary A. Powers, Susan S. Schiffman, Curtis Lawson, Theodore N. Pappas and Ian L. Taylor
Physiology & Behavior, 1990, Vol.47 (6), p1295-1297
doi:10.1016/0031-9384(90)90387-J
3.  Central mechanism of umami taste perception and effect of dietary protein on the preference for amino acids and sodium chloride in rats
Kunio Torii
Food Reviews International, 1998, Vol.14 (2), p273 - 308
4.  Taste Dimensions of Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) in a Food System: Role of Glutamate in Young American Subjects
James D. Lanea and Barbara G. Phillips-Butea
Physiology & Behavior, 1998, Vol.65 (1), p177-175
doi:10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00163-2
5.  Physiological Studies on Umami Taste
Kenzo Kurihara and Makoto Kashiwayanagi
Journal of Nutrition, 2000, Vol.130 (4), p931-934
6.  Reflex Effects of Oral, Gastrointestinal and Hepatoportal Glutamate Sensors on Vagal Nerve Activity
Akira Niijima
Journal of Nutrition, 2000, Vol.130 (4), p971-973
7.  A matabotropic glutamate receptor variant functions as a taste receptor
Nirupa Chaudhari, Ana Marie Landin and Stephen D. Roper
Nature Neuroscience, 2000, Vol.3 (2), p113-119
doi:10.1038/72053
8.  Mammalian Sweet Taste Receptor
Greg Nelson, Mark A. Hoon, Jayaram Chandrashekar, Yifeng Zhang, Nicholas J. P. Ryba and Charles S. Zuker
Cell, 2001, Vol.106 (3), p381-390
doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(01)00451-2
9.  An amino-acid taste receptor
Greg Nelson, Jayaram Chandrashekar, Mark A. Hoon, Luxin Feng, Grace Zhao, Nicholas J. P. Ryba and Charles S. Zuker
Nature, 2002 Vol.416p199-202
doi:10.1038/nature726
10.  Human receptors for sweet and umami taste
Xiaodong Li, Lena Staszewski, Hong Xu, Kyle Durick, Mark Zoller and X. Elliot AdlerLi
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2002, Vol.99 (7), p4692-4696
doi:10.1073/pnas.072090199
11.  The receptors for Mammalian Sweet and Umami Taste
Grace Q. Zhao, Yifeng Zhang, Mark A. Hoon, Jayaram Chandrashekar, Isolde Erlenbach, Nicholas J.P. Ryba and Charles S. Zuker
Cell, 2003, Vol.115 (3), p255-266
doi:0.1016/S0092-8674(03)00844-4
12.  Detection of Sweet and Umami Taste in the Absence of Taste Receptor T1r3
Sami Damak, Minqing Rong, Keiko Yasumatsu, Zaza Kokrashvili, Vijaya Varadarajan, Shiying Zou, Peihua Jiang, Yuzo Ninomiya and Robert F. Margolskee
Science, 2003 Vol.301p850-853
doi:10.1126/science.1087155
13.  mGluR1 in the fundic glands of rat stomach
Ana San Gabriel, Takami Maekawa, Hisayuki Uneyama, Sumio Yoshie and Kunio Torii
FEBS Letters, 20076, Vol.581 (6), p1119-1123
doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2007.02.016
14.  Monosodium L-glutamate added to a high-energy, high-protein liquid diet promotes gastric emptying
Hiroaki Zai, Motoyasu Kusano, Hiroko Hosaka, Yasuyuki Shimoyama, Atsuto Nagoshi, Masaki Maeda, Osamu Kawamura and Masatomo Mori
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2008, Vol.89 (1), p431-435
doi:10.3945/ajcn.2008.26180
15.  Physiological role of dietary free glutamate in the food digestion
Hisayuki Uneyama, Ana San Gabriel, Misako Kawai, Miki Tomoe and Kunio Torii
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2008S1, Vol.17 (S1), p372-375
16.  Molecular mechanism for the umami taste synergism
Feng Zhang, Boris Klebansky, Richard M. Fine, Hong Xu, Alexey Pronin, Haitian Liu, Catherine Tachdjian and Xiadong Li
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 200852, Vol.105 (52), p20930-20934
doi:10.1073/pnas.0810174106
17.  Metabotropic glutamate receptor type 1 in taste tissue
Ana San Gabriel, Takami Maekawa, Hisayuki Uneyama and Kunio Torii
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 20093, Vol.90 (3), p743S-746S
doi:10.3945/ajcn.2009.27462I
18.  Perceptual variation in umami taste and polymorphisms in TAS1R taste receptor genes
Quing-ying Chen, Suzanne Alarcon, Anilet Tharp, Osana M. Ahmed, Nelsa L. Estrella, Triffani A Greene, Joseph Rucker and Paul A. S. Rreslin
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2009, Vol.90 (3), p770S-779S
doi:10.3945/ajcn.2009.27462N
19.  Bilateral dopaminergic lesions in the ventral tegmental area of rats influence sucrose intake, but not umami and amino acid intake
Ryoko Shibata, Makiko Kameishi, Takashi Kondoh and Kunio Torii
Physiology & Behavior, 2009, Vol.96 (4-5), p667-674
doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.01.002
20.  Genetic and Molecular Basis of Individual Differences in Human Umami Taste Perception
Noriatsu Shigemura, Shinya Shirosaki, Keisuke Sanematsu, Ryusuke Yoshida and Yuzo Ninomiya
PloS ONE, 2009, Vol.4 (8), pe6717
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006717.g001
21.  Taste Preference and Nerve Response to 5#-Inosine Monophosphate Are Enhanced by Glutathione in Mice
Takashi Yamamoto, Uno Watanabe, Masako Fujimoto and Noritaka Sako
Chem. Senses 34: 809-818, 2009 doi:10.1093/chemse/bjp070

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