Chorda tympani nerve transection disrupts taste aversion learning to potassium chloride, but not sodium chloride

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 188-194

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

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHORDA TYMPANI; CONDITIONING; MALE; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SODIUM APPETITE; TASTE AVERSION; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TASTE PREFERENCE;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN MAPPING; CHORDA TYMPANI NERVE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; TASTE; TASTE BUDS; TASTE THRESHOLD;

EID: 0031018923     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.111.1.188     Document Type: Article

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