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Smakbearbetning, often translated as taste processing or flavor processing, refers to the complex biological and neurological mechanisms involved in perceiving and interpreting taste. This process begins when taste receptor cells on the tongue, palate, and pharynx detect dissolved chemical compounds. These cells are specialized to respond to five basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami. Each taste is triggered by specific molecular structures.
When a tastant, or taste molecule, binds to a receptor, it initiates a signal transduction pathway within
In the gustatory cortex, taste information is integrated with other sensory inputs, such as smell, texture,