Artificial neural network analysis of gustatory responses in the thalamic taste relay of the rat

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 499-513

  Verhagen, Justus V ^a   Scott, Thomas R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coding; Gustation; Neural network; Taste; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; FEMALE; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASTE; THALAMUS;

EID: 1642483609     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2003.10.005     Document Type: Article

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