Brain mechanisms of sweetness and palatability of sugars

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 61, Issue 5 II, 2003, Pages

  Yamamoto, Takashi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Brain; Dopamine; Taste; endorphin

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBOHYDRATE; DOPAMINE; OPIATE; BETA ENDORPHIN; PROTEIN C FOS;

BRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PALATABILITY; SWEETNESS; TASTE BUD; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SUGAR INTAKE; TASTE;

ANIMALS; BETA-ENDORPHIN; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIETARY SUCROSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; TASTE; TASTE BUDS;

EID: 0037588499     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1301/nr.2003.may.s5-s9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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