Acetic acid modulates spike rate and spike latency to salt in peripheral gustatory neurons of rats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2405-2418

  Breza, Joseph M ^a   Contreras, Robert J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorda tympani; Electrophysiology; Epithelial sodium channel; Geniculate ganglion

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CITRIC ACID; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; QUININE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHORDA TYMPANI; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUSTATORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; TASTE ACUITY;

ACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; CHORDA TYMPANI NERVE; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNELS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TASTE; TASTE BUDS;

EID: 84868313356     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00114.2012     Document Type: Article

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