Distinct neural ensembles in the rat gustatory cortex encode salt and water tastes

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 3169-3184

  Macdonald, Christopher J ^a   Meck, Warren H ^a   Simon, Sidney A ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; GUSTATORY CORTEX; LICKING; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEURAL ENSEMBLE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASTE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CUES; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REWARD; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; TASTE; WATER;

EID: 84862999131     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.233486     Document Type: Article

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