The neural mechanisms of gustation: A distributed processing code

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 890-901

  Simon, Sidney A ^a   De Araujo, Ivan E ^a   Gutierrez, Ranier ^a   Nicolelis, Miguel A L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN STEM; CELL ACTIVITY; FOREBRAIN; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; HUMAN; INGESTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALT INTAKE; SENSATION; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TASTE; TASTE BUD; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; NERVE NET; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SATIETY RESPONSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASTE; TASTE BUDS;

EID: 33750368558     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn2006     Document Type: Review

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