Sweet-bitter and umami-bitter taste interactions in single parabrachial neurons in C57BL/6J mice

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2179-2190

  Tokita, Kenichi ^a   Boughter, John D ^a  

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

Author keywords

Mixture interaction; Mouse; Parabrachial nucleus; Taste mixture; Umami taste

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE POTASSIUM; INOSINE PHOSPHATE; QUININE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; EVOKED RESPONSE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SMELL AND TASTE PARAMETERS; SWEETNESS; UMAMI TASTE;

EID: 84867720110     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00465.2012     Document Type: Article

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