Table 1.

Taste recognition thresholds for the four basic taste modalities

Taste	Before placebo	After placebo	% Change	Before SSRI	After SSRI	% Change	Before NARI	After NARI	% Change
Bitter	54 μm	63 μm	16% Increase	30 μm^‡	14 μm^†	53%	31 μm^‡	19 μm^*	39%
	(36–79 μm)	(41–94 μm)		(24–38 μm)	(12–19 μm)	Decrease^†	(24 - 39 μm)	(15–26 μm)	Decrease^*
Sweet	44 mm	41 mm	7% Decrease	23.4 mm^‡	17 mm^***	27%	26 mm^‡	22 mm	15%
	(36–53 mm)	(34–49 mm)		(21–28 mm)	(14–19 mm)	Decrease^***	(22–30 mm)	(18–25 mm)	Decrease
Salt	29 mm	26 mm	10% Decrease	19 mm^‡	19 mm		21 mm^‡	23 mm	9%
	(21–37 mm)	(19–33 mm)		(16–21 mm)	(18–24 mm)		(20–26 mm)		Increase
Sour	9 mm	9 mm		10 mm	8 mm	20%	9 mm	7 mm^*	22%
	(7–13 mm)	(8–13 mm)		(8–11 mm)	(6–9 mm)	Decrease	(8–10 mm)	(6–8 mm)	Decrease^*

Data shown are means (95% confidence intervals). Statistical comparisons of the threshold values were compared to baseline values using an F test:
↵*p < 0.05,
**p < 0.01,
↵***p < 0.001, and
↵^†p < 0.0001 compared with baseline responses;
↵^‡p < 0.05 compared with before placebo thresholds.