Rewiring the gustatory system: Specificity between nerve and taste bud field is critical for normal salt discrimination

Brain Research

Volumn 1310, Issue , 2010, Pages 46-57

  Spector, Alan C ^a,b   Blonde, Ginger ^a,b   Garcea, Mircea ^a   Jiang, Enshe ^a,b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross reinnervation; KCl; NaCl; Nerve regeneration; Taste; Taste perception

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHORDA TYMPANI; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PALATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINNERVATION; SHAM PROCEDURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASTE BUD; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TASTE DISORDER; TONGUE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHORDA TYMPANI NERVE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TASTE; TASTE BUDS;

CHORDA; RATTUS;

EID: 73149112401     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.11.021     Document Type: Article

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