Robinson P P, Winkles P A
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield, U.K.
Arch Oral Biol. 1991;36(12):885-91. doi: 10.1016/0003-9969(91)90119-f.
Taste buds and the papillae that carry them are trophically dependent upon an intact innervation. The number and size of fungiform papillae and the number of taste buds on their surface were determined 3 months after crushing or sectioning the combined trunk of the chorda tympani and lingual nerves. After crushing there were fewer fungiform papillae but their size and number of taste buds were similar to that on the unoperated side. After nerve section there were considerably fewer recognizable fungiform papillae on the operated side and each carried a reduced number of taste buds.
味蕾以及承载它们的乳头在营养方面依赖于完整的神经支配。在切断鼓索神经和舌神经的联合干3个月后，测定了菌状乳头的数量和大小以及其表面味蕾的数量。切断后，菌状乳头数量减少，但其大小和味蕾数量与未手术侧相似。神经切断后，手术侧可识别的菌状乳头数量明显减少，且每个菌状乳头携带的味蕾数量也减少。
