Responses to taste stimulation in the ventroposteromedial nucleus of the thalamus in rats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 265-275

  Verhagen, Justus V ^a   Giza, Barbara K ^a   Scott, Thomas R ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TIME;

EID: 0037246252     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00870.2001     Document Type: Article

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