TRIGEMINAL Nerve

Appears in
Mouthfeel: How Texture Makes Taste

By Ole Mouritsen and Klavs Styrbæk

Published 2017

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Fifth cranial nerve, which is stimulated by substances that cause irritation (chemesthesis)—for example, capsaicin from chile peppers, isothiocyanate from horseradish, and piperine from black pepper.