Rats fail to discriminate quinine from denatonium: Implications for the neural coding of bitter-tasting compounds

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1937-1941

  Spector, Alan C ^a   Kopka, Stacy L ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bitter discrimination; Bitter taste; Denatonium benzoate; Gustatory system; Psychophysics; Quinine hydrochloride; Rat; T2R receptor family

Indexed keywords

DENATONIUM BENZOATE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; QUININE;

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BITTER TASTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY SYSTEM; TASTE BUD; TASTE DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0036522960     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-05-01937.2002     Document Type: Article

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