Opponent effects of quinine and sucrose on single fiber taste responses of the chorda tympani nerve

Brain Research

Volumn 772, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 239-242

  Formaker, B K ^a   MacKinnon, B I ^a   Hettinger, T P ^a   Frank, M E ^a  

^a Sch Dent Med Univ C   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorda tympani; Mixture; Quinine; Sucrose; Suppression; Taste

Indexed keywords

QUININE; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHORDA TYMPANI; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; TASTE;

ANIMALS; CHORDA TYMPANI NERVE; CRICETINAE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; NERVE FIBERS; QUININE; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; SUCROSE; TASTE;

EID: 0030856109     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00845-7     Document Type: Article

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