Innervation of taste buds
primary afferent
papilla
Taste bud
Taste cells
Taste cells
papilla
Taste bud - 50-100 cells, 5-15 afferents
_ Each afferent innervates 5-10 taste cells
Afferents may innervate multiple taste buds, in multiple papillae.
How is the information decoded into taste?
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