Sucrose vs. maltose taste discrimination by rats depends on the input of the seventh cranial nerve

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 4 41-4, 1997, Pages

  Spector, Alan C ^a   Markison, Stagy ^a   St John, Steven J ^a   Garcea, Mircea ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

chorda tympani nerve; glossopharyngeal nerve; greater superficial petrosal nerve; gustatory; psychophysics; sugar

Indexed keywords

MALTOSE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHORDA TYMPANI; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; MALE; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASTE AVERSION; TASTE DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0030921433     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.272.4.r1210     Document Type: Article

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