Table 1.

Taste stimuli that were applied in the experiment, their abbreviations, and mean (± SEM) net responses across all 38 cells in B6 mice and all 41 cells in 129 mice

Stimulus	Abbreviation	Mean net response(spikes/s) in B6mice	Mean net response(spikes/s) in 129mice
500 mM sucrose	SUC	22 33^*	6 ± 1
100 mM NaCl	NA	23 ± 3	29 ± 4
10 mM HCl	HCl	17 ± 3	15 ± 2
20 mM quinine HCl	Q	16 ± 2	12 ± 2
10 mM disodium inosine 5′-monophosphate	IMP	13 ± 1	15 ± 2
500 mM maltose	MAL	10 ± 2^*	4 ± 1
20 mM acesulfame-K	ACE	19 ± 2^*	5 ± 1
10 mM NaSaccharin	SAC	14 ± 2	10 ± 2
1 mM SC-45647	SC	15 ± 3^*	2 ± 1
100 mM glycine	GLY	8 ± 1	5 ± 1
100 mM D-phenylalanine	PHE	5 ± 1^*	2 ± 1
100 mM L-proline	PRO	3 ± 1	2 ± 1
10 mM citric acid	CI	15 ± 3	14 ± 2
100 mM CaCl₂	CA	15 ± 3	14 ± 2
100 mM NH₄Cl	NH	16 ± 3	13 ± 2

p < 0.05 versus 129.