Diet-induced plasticity in the taste system of an insect: localization to a single transduction pathway in an identified taste cell.

We studied exposure-induced sensitivity changes in an identified taste cell from Manduca sexta, a herbivorous caterpillar. This taste cell occurs within the lateral styloconic sensillum and responds selectively to compounds that humans characterize as bitter (e.g.

Toxemia of pregnancy in Jerusalem. II. The role of diet.

A dietary history was obtained from 180 patients with preeclampsia and eclampsia, representing 92% of all cases occurring in the pregnant population of West Jerusalem over a defined period. The intake of nutrients and 78 items of diet was compared for each patient and two healthy control subjects who were matched for country of origin, parity, month of delivery, age, year of immigration and years of schooling. All diagnoses were made by the same research team and dietary histories were elicited by one of two experienced dieticians.