Combined glossopharyngeal and chorda tympani nerve transection elevates quinine detection thresholds in rats (Rattus norvegicns)

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1456-1468

  St John, Steven J ^a   Spector, Alan C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUININE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHORDA TYMPANI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; LICKING; MALE; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHORDA TYMPANI NERVE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; MALE; QUININE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TASTE;

EID: 0030447398     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.110.6.1456     Document Type: Article

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