Gustatory neural coding in the cortex of the alert cynomolgus macaque: The quality of bitterness

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 60-71

  Scott, Thomas R ^a   Giza, Barbara K ^a   Yan, Jianqun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ARGININE; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CYSTEINE; GLUCOSE; HISTIDINE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; NICOTINE; PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLTHIOUREA; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; QUININE; RIBOFLAVIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THEOPHYLLINE; THIAMINE; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUIT JUICE; GUSTATORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; INSULA; MALE; MONKEY; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASTE DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0033063838     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.1.60     Document Type: Article

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