Gustatory responses to amino acids in the chorda tympani nerve of C3H mice

Chemical Senses

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 699-707

  Harada, Shuitsu ^a   Yamaguchi, Keiko ^a   Kasahara, Yasuo ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHORDA TYMPANI; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASTE DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALIA; CHORDA;

EID: 0031674658     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/23.6.699     Document Type: Article

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