Sucrose vs. maltose taste discrimination by rats depends on the input of the seventh cranial nerve

American Journal of Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 4 PART 2, 1997, Pages

  Spector, Alan C ^a   Markison, Stagy ^a   John, Steven J S T ^a   Garcea, Mircea ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Chorda tympani nerve; Glossopharyngeal nerve; Greater superficial petrosal nerve; Gustatory; Psychophysics; Sugar

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745335752     PISSN: 00029513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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