supported by the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China(973 Program),No.2011CB504500,2011CB504506;the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81271084,81420108010,81000413,81370022,81200740;the Training Program of the Excellent Young Talents of the Shanghai Municipal Health System in China,No.XYQ2013084;the Innovation Project of Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission in China,No.11411952300
The morphological changes that occur in the taste buds after denervation are not well under- stood in rats, especially in the contralateral tongue epithelium. In this study, we investigated the time course of morpholo...