GABAergic inhibition and modifications of taste responses in the cortical taste area in rats

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-95

  Ogawa, Hisashi ^a   Hasegawa, Kayoko ^a   Otawa, Satoshi ^a   Ikeda, Isamu ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bicuculline; Cortical taste neurons; GABA; Iontophoresis; Receptive field; Response profile

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; URETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INSULA; INTERNEURON; MOUTH CAVITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASTE;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INTERNEURONS; IONTOPHORESIS; NEURAL INHIBITION; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; TASTE;

EID: 0031731976     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(98)00071-6     Document Type: Article

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