Taste response variability and temporal coding in the nucleus of the solitary tract of the rat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1418-1431

  Di Lorenzo, Patricia M ^a,c   Victor, Jonathan D ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPIKE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASTE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; TASTE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141788659     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00177.2003     Document Type: Article

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