Taste Function in Patients with Oral Burning
| Autor: | Bradley K. Formaker, Marion E. Frank |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Taste medicine.medical_specialty Physiology Burning Mouth Syndrome Stimulus (physiology) Behavioral Neuroscience chemistry.chemical_compound stomatognathic system Physiology (medical) medicine Humans Aged Pain disorder Middle Aged Burning mouth syndrome medicine.disease Sensory Systems Surgery Nociception chemistry Taste disorder Taste function Female medicine.symptom Citric acid Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Chemical Senses. 25:575-581 |
| ISSN: | 1464-3553 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/chemse/25.5.575 |
| Popis: | Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is an oral pain disorder occurring primarily in post-menopausal women and is frequently accompanied by taste complaints. This association of symptoms suggests an interaction between the mechanisms of nociception and gustation, two senses with strong hedonic components. Seventy-three patients of the Taste and Smell Clinic at the University of Connecticut Health Center who reported experiencing 'unexplained oral burning' were evaluated for taste function. Both intensity ratings and quality identifications were measured for a concentration series of sucrose ('sweet'), NaCl ('salty'), citric acid ('sour') and quinine-HCl ('bitter'). The 57 women with BMS gave lower intensity ratings to NaCl and sucrose than comparably aged, same sex controls. Concentrations of NaCl and sucrose >0.10 M were most affected; concentrations of sucrose and NaCl |
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