World first images of taste at work on the tongue

Scientists have for the first time captured live images of the process of taste sensation on the tongue.

The international team imaged single cells on the tongue of a mouse with a specially designed microscope system.

“We’ve watched live taste cells capture and process molecules with different tastes,” says biomedical engineer Steve Lee from Australian National University (ANU).

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The image only shows about 200 tastebuds, not 2000. Is there that much difference between and mouse and human sense of taste?

mollwollfumble said:

The image only shows about 200 tastebuds, not 2000. Is there that much difference between and mouse and human sense of taste?

Not sure mice need to taste. They can smell it.