Behavioral discrimination between quinine and KCl is dependent on input from the seventh cranial nerve: Implications for the functional roles of the gustatory nerves in rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4353-4362

  St John, Steven J ^a,b   Spector, Alan C ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal psychophysics; Chorda tympani nerve; Glossopharyngeal nerve; Greater superficial petrosal nerve; KCl; Nerve transection; Neural coding; Quinine; Taste

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; QUININE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0032101292     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-11-04353.1998     Document Type: Article

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