Diverse bitter stimuli elicit highly similar patterns of Fos-like immunoreactivity in the nucleus of the solitary tract

Chemical Senses

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 573-581

  Chan, C Y ^a   Yoo, J E ^a   Travers, Susan P ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotopy; Gape; Gustatory; Parabrachial; Rejection; Taste

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; QUININE; CITRIC ACID; DENATONIUM BENZOATE; PROTEIN C FOS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUSTATORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASTE BUD; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TASTE;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CITRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; QUININE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; TASTE;

EID: 16644365758     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjh062     Document Type: Article

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