Responses of neurons in the insular cortex to gustatory, visceral, and nociceptive stimuli in rats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2535-2545

  Hanamori, Takamitsu ^a   Kunitake, Takato ^a   Kato, Kazuo ^a   Kannan, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXAMINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SODIUM CYANIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INSULA; MALE; NERVE CELL; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE;

EID: 0031839507     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.5.2535     Document Type: Article

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