Taste-responsive neurons in the nucleus of the solitary tract receive gustatory information from both sides of the tongue in the hamster

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Li, Cheng Shu ^a   Mao, Limin ^b   Cho, Young K ^a,c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chorda tympani nerve; Electrophysiology; Gustation; The parabrachial nuclei

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CHORDA TYMPANI; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TASTE ACUITY;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; CHORDA TYMPANI NERVE; CRICETINAE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; TASTE; TONGUE;

EID: 38949126579     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00791.2007     Document Type: Article

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