Article
Children's perceptions about medicines: individual differences and taste.
BMC pediatrics - 21 Sept 2015
Mennella Julie A, Roberts Kristi M, Mathew Phoebe S, Reed Danielle R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Bitter taste receptors are genetically diverse, so children likely vary in sensitivity to the "bad" taste of some pediatric formulations. Based on prior results that variation in a bitter taste receptor gene, TAS2R38, was related to solid (pill) formulation usage, we investigated whether this variation related to liquid formulation usage and young children's reports of past experiences with medicines...
Topics
- Administration, Oral
- Adult
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Food Preferences
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Individuality
- Male
- Perception
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled