Brain-gut communication via vagus nerve modulates conditioned flavor preference

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1136-1143

  Uematsu, Akira ^a   Tsurugizawa, Tomokazu ^a   Uneyama, Hisayuki ^a   Torii, Kunio ^a  

^a AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Ingestive behavior; Learning; Postingestive effect; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE SODIUM;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAVOR; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TASTE PREFERENCE; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FLAVORING AGENTS; FOOD PREFERENCES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM GLUTAMATE; TASTE; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 77949563036     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07136.x     Document Type: Article

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