Effects of electrical stimulation of the chorda tympani nerve on taste responses in the nucleus of the solitary tract

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2477-2489

  Lemon, Christian H ^a   Di Lorenzo, Patricia M ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; QUININE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CHORDA TYMPANI; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HYPOTHESIS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE EAR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPSE; TASTE; TETANY;

EID: 0036850097     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00094.2002     Document Type: Article

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