The taste of sodium

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 663-676

  McCaughey, Stuart A ^a   Scott, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gustation; Gustatory coding; NaCl; Salt; Taste

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CODING; FOREBRAIN; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM BALANCE; TASTE; TASTE BUD; THALAMUS;

EID: 0031775602     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(97)00067-5     Document Type: Article

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