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Dystonin deficiency reduces taste buds and fungiform papillae in the anterior part of the tongue.
Brain research - 19 Jan 2007
Ichikawa H, Terayama R, Yamaai T, De Repentigny Y, Kothary R, Sugimoto T
Abstract excerpt
The anterior part of the tongue was examined in wild type and dystonia musculorum mice to assess the effect of dystonin loss on fungiform papillae. In the mutant mouse, the density of fungiform papillae and their taste buds was severely decreased when compared to wild type littermates (papilla, 6...
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