T1r3 taste receptor involvement in gustatory neural responses to ethanol and oral ethanol preference

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 232-243

  Brasser, Susan M ^a   Norman, Meghan B ^b   Lemon, Christian H ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol preference; Knockout mice

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; QUININE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; SUCROSE; TLR3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; TASTE RECEPTORS, TYPE 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GUSTATORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASTE; TASTE PREFERENCE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; STIMULATION;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ETHANOL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; QUININE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SUCROSE; TASTE;

EID: 77952922111     PISSN: 10948341     EISSN: 15312267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00113.2009     Document Type: Article

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