Distinct subtypes of basolateral amygdala taste neurons reflect palatability and reward

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2486-2495

  Fontanini, Alfredo ^b   Grossman, Stephen E ^a   Figueroa, Joshua A ^a   Katz, Donald B ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Hedonics; Multielectrode; Sensory processing; Single unit; Temporal coding

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUSTATORY CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PALATABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SENSORY STIMULATION; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASTE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CITRIC ACID; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; NEURONS; QUININE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; REWARD; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; TASTE; WATER DEPRIVATION;

EID: 61449209833     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3898-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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