Possible involvement of undissociated acid molecules in the acid response of the chorda tympani nerve of the rat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2776-2779

  Ogiso, Kazuma ^a   Shimizu, Yasutake ^a   Watanabe, Ken ^a   Tonosaki, Keiichi ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; CITRIC ACID; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; TROMETAMOL;

ACIDITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHORDA TYMPANI; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASTE ACUITY;

EID: 0034115094     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.5.2776     Document Type: Article

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