Alcohol activates a sucrose-responsive gustatory neural pathway

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 536-544

  Lemon, Christian H ^a   Brasser, Susan M ^a   Smith, David V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GURMARIN; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; QUININE; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUSTATORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SWEETNESS; TASTE; TASTE BUD; TASTE PREFERENCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SUCROSE; TASTE;

EID: 3042689620     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00097.2004     Document Type: Article

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