Two loci of the insular cortex project to the taste zone of the nucleus of the solitary tract in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 303, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 49-52

  Hayama, Tomio ^a   Ogawa, Hisashi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortical taste area; Insular cortex; Rat; Solitary tract nucleus; Taste; Wheat germ agglutinin conjugated horseradish peroxidase

Indexed keywords

WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; INSULA; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TASTE;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; TASTE;

EID: 0035957836     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)01707-4     Document Type: Article

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