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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-3-23
pubmed:abstractText
The 65-kDa isoform of glutamate decarboxylase (GAD65) is considered to play an important role for GABA synthesis in the central nervous system. Using mice with targeted ablation of the GAD65 gene (GAD65(-/-) mice) we investigated a possible involvement of GABAergic neurotransmission in several taste functions. Preference/aversion responses to four basic tastes were not different between GAD65(-/-) and wild-type mice during a 48-h two-bottle choice test. GAD65(-/-) mice consumed less sucrose-quinine mixtures than did wild-type mice. The injection of midazolam (5 mg/kg), a benzodiazepine agonist, significantly increased the consumption of 100 mM sucrose in the wild-type mice. The same injection, however, failed to increase intake of the 100 mM sucrose in GAD65(-/-) mice. These results suggest that GAD65-generated GABA is not implicated in basic taste functions such as simple detection and discrimination. Rather, more complex processing of taste information including taste mixtures and palatability may be finely tuned by GAD65-mediated GABA synthesis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0304-3940
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
356
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
171-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-10-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15036622-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:15036622-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15036622-Avoidance Learning, pubmed-meshheading:15036622-Behavior, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:15036622-Choice Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:15036622-Discrimination (Psychology), pubmed-meshheading:15036622-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:15036622-Drinking Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:15036622-Dysgeusia, pubmed-meshheading:15036622-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15036622-GABA Modulators, pubmed-meshheading:15036622-Glutamate Decarboxylase, pubmed-meshheading:15036622-Isoenzymes, pubmed-meshheading:15036622-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15036622-Mice, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:15036622-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:15036622-Midazolam, pubmed-meshheading:15036622-Sucrose, pubmed-meshheading:15036622-Taste
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Altered taste function in mice deficient in the 65-kDa isoform of glutamate decarboxylase.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Behavioral Physiology, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, 1-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. shimura@hus.osaka-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't