Descending projections from the nucleus accumbens shell suppress activity of taste-responsive neurons in the hamster parabrachial nuclei

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1288-1298

  Li, Cheng Shu ^a,b   Chung, Sooyoung ^c   Lu, Da Peng ^d   Cho, Young K ^e  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JIAMUSI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gustatory; In vivo electrophysiology; Reward

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; QUININE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS SHELL REGION; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASTE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PONS; TASTE;

EID: 84865818300     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00121.2012     Document Type: Article

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