Gustatory and multimodal neuronal responses in the amygdala during licking and discrimination of sensory stimuli in awake rats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-36

  Nishijo, Hisao ^a   Uwano, Teruko ^a   Tamura, Ryoi ^a   Ono, Taketoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; QUININE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LICKING; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PALATABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; THALAMUS;

EID: 0031891498     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.1.21     Document Type: Article

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