Taste-evoked responses to sweeteners in the nucleus of the solitary tract differ between C57BL/6ByJ and 129P3/J mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-45

  McCaughey, Stuart A ^a  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Gustatory; Mouse; NST; Sweet; Taste

Indexed keywords

ACESULFAME; DEXTRO PHENYLALANINE; MALTOSE; SACCHARIN SODIUM; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TASTE;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENTS; TASTE; TASTE THRESHOLD;

EID: 33846157420     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3672-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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