Chorda tympani nerve transection impairs the gustatory detection of free fatty acids in male and female rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1151, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-83

  Pittman, David ^a   Crawley, Meaghan E ^a   Corbin, Cameron H ^a   Smith, Kimberly R ^a  

^a WOFFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorda tympani nerve transection; Conditioned taste aversion; Gustatory behavior; Linoleic acid; Oleic acid

Indexed keywords

CORN OIL; FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHORDA TYMPANI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUSTATORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MYRINGOTOMY; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE AVERSION; TASTE PREFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHORDA TYMPANI NERVE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; LINOLEIC ACID; MALE; OLEIC ACID; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TASTE;

CHORDA; RATTUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34248183496     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.03.027     Document Type: Article

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