Fetal alcohol exposure reduces responsiveness of taste nerves and trigeminal chemosensory neurons to ethanol and its flavor components | Zendy

John I. Glendinning | Zendy; Joyce Tang | Zendy; Ana Allende | Zendy; Bruce P. Bryant | Zendy; Lisa M. Youngentob | Zendy; Steven L. Youngentob | Zendy

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Fetal alcohol exposure reduces responsiveness of taste nerves and trigeminal chemosensory neurons to ethanol and its flavor components

Author(s) -

John I. Glendinning,

Joyce Tang,

Ana Allende,

Bruce P. Bryant,

Lisa M. Youngentob,

Steven L. Youngentob

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of neurophysiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302

H-Index - 245

eISSN - 1522-1598

pISSN - 0022-3077

DOI - 10.1152/jn.00108.2017

Subject(s) - taste , ethanol , alcohol , trigeminal nerve , flavor , fetal alcohol , fetus , neuroscience , anesthesia , medicine , psychology , chemistry , pregnancy , biology , biochemistry , pathology , genetics

Pregnant mothers are advised to avoid alcohol. This is because even small amounts of alcohol can alter fetal brain development and increase the risk of adolescent alcohol abuse. We asked how fetal alcohol exposure (FAE) produces the latter effect in adolescent rats by measuring responsiveness of taste nerves and trigeminal chemosensory neurons. We found that FAE substantially reduced taste and trigeminal responsiveness to ethanol and its flavor components.

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