Electrical neuroimaging reveals intensity-dependent activation of human cortical gustatory and somatosensory areas by electric taste

Biological Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 446-455

  Ohla, Kathrin ^a   Toepel, Ulrike ^b   Le Coutre, Johannes ^a,c   Hudry, Julie ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electric galvanic taste; Electroencephalography (EEG); Electrogustometry (EGM); Taste gustatory perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GALVANIC CURRENT; GUSTATORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TASTE; TASTE ACUITY; TONGUE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TASTE; TASTE PERCEPTION; TONGUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149361456     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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