Brainstem lesions and gustatory function: III. The role of the nucleus of the solitary tract and the parabrachial nucleus in retention of a conditioned taste aversion in rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 180-187

  Grigson, Patricia S ^b   Shimura, Tsuyoshi ^a   Norgren, Ralph ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; GUSTATORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TASTE AVERSION;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOLITARY NUCLEUS; TASTE;

EID: 0031038076     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.111.1.180     Document Type: Article

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