The series of events required for a salty taste stimulus to be received and converted to a molecular signal.
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perception of salty taste, detection of chemical stimulus; perception of salty taste, sensory transduction of chemical stimulus; salty taste detection; sensory detection of chemical stimulus during perception of salty taste; sensory detection of salty taste; sensory transduction of chemical stimulus during perception of salty taste; sensory transduction of salty taste