Dynamic coding of taste stimuli in the brainstem: Effects of brief pulses of taste stimuli on subsequent taste responses

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 26, 2003, Pages 8893-8902

  Di Lorenzo, Patricia M ^a   Lemon, Christian H ^a,b   Reich, Christian G ^a,c  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Gustatory; Inhibition; Neural coding; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Taste

Indexed keywords

QUININE; URETHAN; WATER;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUSTATORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REACTION TIME; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASTE; TASTE ACUITY;

EID: 0141529958     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-26-08893.2003     Document Type: Article

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