The distinctiveness of ionic and nonionic bitter stimuli

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 421-431

  Frank, Marion E ^a   Bouverat, Brian P ^a   MacKinnon, Bruce I ^a   Hettinger, Thomas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitter taste; Caffeine and SOA; Denatonium and quinine; Golden hamster; Gustation; Ionic bitter stimuli; Magnesium sulfate; Nonionic bitter stimuli; Species variation

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CAFFEINE; DENATONIUM BENZOATE; ION; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; QUININE; SUCROSE; SUCROSE OCTAACETATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CHORDA TYMPANI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HAMSTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SENSATION; STIMULATION; TASTE; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE AVERSION; TASTE PREFERENCE;

EID: 1642524443     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2003.09.009     Document Type: Article

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