Electrophysiological and behavioral studies on taste effectiveness of alcohols in rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 2 45-2, 1999, Pages

  Sako, Noritaka ^a   Yamamoto, Takashi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chorda tympani; Conditioned taste aversion; Glossopharyngeal nerve; Single fiber analysis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHORDA TYMPANI; CONDITIONED REFLEX; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASTE;

EID: 0032980625     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.276.2.r388     Document Type: Article

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