Neural responses to bitter compounds in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 756, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 22-34

  Dahl, M ^a   Erickson, R P ^a,b   Simon, S A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaloid; Bitter; Chorda tympani; Glossopharyngeal; Multi Dimensional Scaling; Taste

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CAFFEINE; CAPSAICIN; DENATONIUM BENZOATE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; NICOTINE; PHENYLTHIOUREA; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; QUININE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRYCHNINE; TYROSINE; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHORDA TYMPANI; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASTE BUD; TASTE DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; CAPSAICIN; CHORDA TYMPANI NERVE; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TASTE;

EID: 0030915416     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00131-5     Document Type: Article

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