| Umami Reception in the Oral Cavity |
| Symposium Overview. Umami Reception in the Oral Cavity: Receptors and Transduction |
By Yuzo Ninomiya and Gary K. Beauchamp |
| Behavioral Studies of Umami: Tales Told by Mice and Rats |
By Eugene R. Delay, Meghan C. Eddy, and Benjamin K. Eschle |
| Genetic Tracing of the Gustatory Neural Pathway Originating from T1R3-expressing sweet/ Umami Taste Receptor Cells |
By Ichiro Matsumoto, Makoto Ohmoto, Akihito Yasuoka, Yoshihiro Yoshihara, and Keiko Abe |
| Multiple Receptor System for Umami Taste in Mice |
By Ryusuke Yoshida, Keiko Yasumatsu, Shinya Shirosaki, Masashi Jyotaki, Nao Horio, Yoshihiro Murata, Noriatsu Shigemura, Kiyohito Nakashima, and Yuzo Ninomiya |
| Receptors and Transduction of Umami Taste Stimuli |
By Sue C. Kinnamon and Aurelie Vandenbeuch |
| Processing Umami and Other Tastes in Mammalian Taste Buds |
By Stephen D. Ropper and Nirupa Chaudhari |
Post-ingestional Effects of the Umami/u> |
| Symposium Overview. Glutamate Signaling System during Feeding and Digestion Processes |
By Kunio Torii |
| Electrophysiology of Vagal Afferents: Amino Acid Detection in the Gut |
By Charles C. Horn |
| Brain Functional Changes in Rats Administered with Monosodium L-Glutamate in the Stomach |
By Takashi Kondoh, Tomokazu Tsurugizawa, and Kunio Torii |
| Clinical Trial of Glutamate for the Improvement of Nutrition and Health in the Elderly |
By Miki Tomoe, Yuki Inoue, Akiko Sanbe, Kenji Toyama, Shigeru Yamamoto, and Tatsushi Komatsu |
| Effect of Free Dietary Glutamate on Gastric Secretion in Dogs |
By Vasiliy Zolotarev, Raisa Khropycheva, Hisayuki Uneyama, and Kunio Torii |
| T1r3and α- Gustducin in Gut Regulate Secretion of Glucagon-like Peptide-1 |
By Zaza Kokrashvili, Bedrich Monsinger, and Robert F. Margolskee |