Taste-specific cell assemblies in a biologically informed model of the nucleus of the solitary tract

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-17

  Rosen, Andrew M ^a   Sichtig, Heike ^a,c   Schaffer, J David ^a,b   Di Lorenzo, Patricia M ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CHORDA TYMPANI; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVALUATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIMULATION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STIMULUS; TARGET CELL; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISCRIMINATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPSES; TASTE;

EID: 77954434847     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01098.2009     Document Type: Article

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