Temporal coding in the gustatory system

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1145-1160

  Hallock, Robert M ^a   Di Lorenzo, Patricia M ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gustatory; Neural coding; Neurophysiology; Taste; Temporal coding

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BITTER TASTE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; SWEETNESS; TASTE; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TIME PERCEPTION; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTORS; HUMANS; NEURONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TASTE;

EID: 33845218870     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2006.07.005     Document Type: Review

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