Gustatory neural responses to umami stimuli in the parabrachial nucleus of C57BL/6J mice

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1545-1555

  Tokita, Kenichi ^a   Yamamoto, Takashi ^b   Boughter, John D ^a  

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

^b KIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Brainstem; Mouse; Umami taste

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE POTASSIUM; INOSINE PHOSPHATE; QUININE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUSTATORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SWEETNESS; TASTE; TASTE AVERSION; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; UMAMI;

EID: 84863237012     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00799.2011     Document Type: Article

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