Behavioral and electrophysiological taste responses change after brief or prolonged dietary sodium deprivation

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Garcia, Joanne M ^a   Curtis, Kathleen S ^a   Contreras, Robert J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorda tympani nerve; Gustatory processing; Salt appetite

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHORDA TYMPANI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INGESTION; LICKING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM RESTRICTION; TASTE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMILORIDE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHORDA TYMPANI NERVE; DIET, SODIUM-RESTRICTED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TASTE; TIME FACTORS; TONGUE;

EID: 57749097612     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00046.2008     Document Type: Article

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