Activation in ventro-lateral prefrontal cortex during the act of tasting: An fNIRS study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 451, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-133

  Okamoto, Masako ^a   Dan, Haruka ^a   Clowney, Lester ^a   Yamaguchi, Yui ^a   Dan, Ippeita ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eating disorders; Feeding behavior; Obesity; Optical topography; Oral sensation; Taste

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASTE; TONGUE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; SPEECH; TASTE; TONGUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58549110840     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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