Effects of the central amygdaloid nucleus lesions on the gustatory responses in the parabrachial nucleus in rats

Acta Physiologica Sinica

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 317-323

  Kang, Yi ^a   Yan, Jian Qun ^a   Huang, Tao ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Central amygdaloid nucleus; Electrolytic lesion; Gustatory neurons; Parabrachial nucleus; Rat

Indexed keywords

HYDROCHLORIC ACID; QUININE SULFATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; URETHAN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GUSTATORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASTE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; PONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TASTE;

EID: 0041654500     PISSN: 03710874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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