Differential gurmarin suppression of sweet taste responses in rat solitary nucleus neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 911-923

  Lemon, Christian H ^a   Imoto, Toshiaki ^b   Smith, David V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; FRUCTOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCINE; GURMARIN; HISTIDINE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MALTOSE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; QUININE; SACCHARIN SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUSTATORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SWEETNESS; TASTE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; NEURONS; PLANT PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SUCROSE; TASTE;

EID: 0041315467     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00215.2003     Document Type: Article

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