Altered taste responses in adult NST after neonatal chorda tympani denervation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2565-2578

  Dinkins, Mark E ^a   Travers, Susan P ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHORDA TYMPANI; DEAFFERENTATION; DENERVATION; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE AVERSION;

EID: 0032719751     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.5.2565     Document Type: Article

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