About the Authors
- Noriatsu Shigemura
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* E-mail: shigemura@dent.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Section of Oral Neuroscience, Graduate School of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
- Shinya Shirosaki
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Affiliation Section of Oral Neuroscience, Graduate School of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
- Keisuke Sanematsu
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Affiliation Section of Oral Neuroscience, Graduate School of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
- Ryusuke Yoshida
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Affiliation Section of Oral Neuroscience, Graduate School of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
- Yuzo Ninomiya
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Affiliation Section of Oral Neuroscience, Graduate School of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Competing Interests
Ajinomoto is a product brand name of monosodium glutamate, and the company has interests directly in the sensing of umami. MSG is used in this study and the study could be used to promote the use of MSG and umami.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NS YN. Performed the experiments: NS SS KS RY. Analyzed the data: NS. Wrote the paper: NS. Edited the paper: YN.