Hort, Joanne, Ford, Rebecca A., Eldeghaidy, Sally and Francis, Susan T.
(2016)
Thermal taster status: evidence of cross-modal integration.
Human Brain Mapping
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ISSN 1097-0193
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Abstract
Thermal taster status refers to the finding that, in some individuals, thermal stimulation of the tongue elicits a phantom taste. Little is known regarding the mechanism for this, it is hypothesised to be a result of cross-wiring between gustatory and trigeminal nerves whose receptors co-innervate papillae on the tongue.
To address this, we use functional magnetic resonance imaging to perform the first study of whether the cortical response to gustatory-trigeminal samples is altered with thermal taster status. We study the response to cold (6°C) gustatory (sweet) samples at varying levels of trigeminal stimulation elicited by CO2 (no CO2, low CO2, high CO2) in thermal taster (TT) and thermal non-taster (TnT) groups, and evaluate associated behavioural measures.
Behaviourally, the TT group perceived gustatory and trigeminal stimuli significantly more intense than TnTs, and were significantly more discriminating of CO2 level. fMRI data revealed elevated cortical activation to the no CO2 sample for the TT group compared to TnT group in taste, oral somatosensory and reward areas. In TnTs, a significant positive modulation in cortical response with increasing level of CO2 was found across taste, somatosensory and reward areas. In contrast, in TTs, a reduced positive modulation with increasing level of CO2 was found in somatosensory areas (SI, SII), whilst a significant negative modulation was found in taste (anterior insula) and reward (ACC) areas. This difference in cortical response to trigeminal stimuli supports cross-modal integration in TTs, with gustatory and trigeminal nerves highly stimulated by cold gustatory samples due to their intertwined nature.
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https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/781163 |
| Additional Information: |
"This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Hort, J., Ford, R. A., Eldeghaidy, S. and Francis, S. T. (2016), Thermal taster status: Evidence of cross-modal integration. Hum. Brain Mapp. doi: 10.1002/hbm.23171, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hbm.23171/abstract. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving |
| Keywords: |
fMRI; BOLD; taste; thermal taster status; insula; oral somatosensory; trigeminal |
| Schools/Departments: |
University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Science > School of Biosciences > Division of Food Sciences
University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Science > School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.23171 |
| Depositing User: |
Hort, Joanne
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| Date Deposited: |
18 Apr 2016 10:07 |
| Last Modified: |
04 May 2020 17:42 |
| URI: |
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/32794 |
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