Interaction of gustatory and lingual somatosensory perceptions at the cortical level in the human: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Chemical Senses

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 371-383

  Cerf Ducastel, Barbara ^a,c   Van De Moortele, Pierre Francois ^b   MacLeod, Patrick ^a   Le Bihan, Denis ^b   Faurion, Annick ^a,d  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

^c Lifespan Human Senses Laboratory   (United States)

^d VII   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; ASPARTAME; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; QUININE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSULA; MALE; MOUTH; NERVE STIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS; TASTE; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TONGUE; TOUCH;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS;

EID: 0035008316     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/26.4.371     Document Type: Article

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