A comparative analysis of neural taste processing in animals

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1574, 2011, Pages 2171-2180

  de Brito Sanchez, Gabriela ^a,b   Giurfa, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Across fibre pattern; Gustation; Invertebrates; Labelled line; Taste; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FLY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH WORK; RODENT;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASTE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASTE;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; RATTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79959466166     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0327     Document Type: Review

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