Gustatory Evoked-related Potentials in Humans

Etude du contrôle hédonique de la Prise Alimentaire Par l'Analyse Des Potentiels évoqués Gustatifs

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02472444

Enrollment

Registered

2015-06-15

Start date

2014-01-31

Completion date

2015-01-31

Last updated

2015-06-15

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Conditions

Gustatory Evoked Potentials

Brief summary

Taste perception plays an important role in maintaining nutritional balance. Gustatory evoked potentials (GEP) can be detected in response to an intermittent stimulation of the gustatory receptors by a primary flavour. GEP are non invaisve, painless and safe. The aims were to establish a reliable recording of GEP in Humans and to determine physiological variations of the gustatory evoked cerebral activity, by recording gustatory evoked potentials in different physiological situations (different intensities of taste solutions, after feeding or fasting, with different taste...). Healthy volunteers were included in this study. GEP were recorded in 9 cortical sites by EEG sensors (10/20 system), in front of the primary and the secondary gustatory cerebral areas, referenced against ear lobes.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 40 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* more than 18 years old * non smoker

Exclusion criteria

* diabetes mellitus * treatment interfering with taste * history or current neurological problem

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
latencies of the gustatory evoked potentials	during a 20 minutes taste stimulus
amplitudes of the gustatory evoked potentials	during a 20 minutes taste stimulus

Outcome results