Topographic organization of Fos-like immunoreactivity in the rostral nucleus of the solitary tract evoked by gustatory stimulation with sucrose and quinine

Brain Research

Volumn 711, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 125-137

  Harrer, Marie I ^a   Travers, Susan P ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotopy; Fos immunohistochemistry; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Taste

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN; QUININE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TASTE;

EID: 0029875878     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01410-1     Document Type: Article

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