Preference conditioning alters taste responses in the nucleus of the solitary tract of the rat

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 4 42-4, 1997, Pages

  Giza, Barbara K ^b   Ackroff, Karen ^b   McCaughey, Stuart A ^b   Sclafani, Anthony ^b   Scott, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Conditioned flavor preferences; Electrophysiology; Intragastric infusions

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUSTATORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASTE PREFERENCE;

EID: 0030707626     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.273.4.r1230     Document Type: Article

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