Human taste cortical areas studied with functional magnetic resonance imaging: Evidence of functional lateralization related to handedness

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 189-192

  Faurion, A ^a,b   Cerf, B ^a   Van De Moortele, P F ^c   Lobel, E ^c   Mac Leod, P ^a   Le Bihan, D ^c  

^a Ecl Prat Hautes Etud 1 Ave O   (France)

^b JE359   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Functional neuroimaging; Handedness; Human; Insula; Taste

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HANDEDNESS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MONKEY; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TASTE; TONGUE;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TASTE; TONGUE;

EID: 0032742752     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00881-2     Document Type: Article

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