Dual separate pathways for sensory and hedonic aspects of taste

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 271-283

  Sewards, Terence V ^a  

^a Sandia Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioned taste aversion; Gustatory thalamus; Hedonics; Insular cortex; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Parabrachial nucleus; Perirhinal cortex; Reward; Taste

Indexed keywords

EMETIC AGENT; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; PROTEIN C FOS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; CONDITIONING; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INSULA; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REWARD; RODENT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STRIA TERMINALIS; TASTE; TASTE AVERSION; THALAMUS; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0346095186     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2003.10.004     Document Type: Review

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