Neural coding of taste by simultaneously recorded cells in the nucleus of the solitary tract of the rat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3301-3312

  Rosen, Andrew M ^a   Di Lorenzo, Patricia M ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gustatory; Neural coding; Neurophysiology; Nucleus of solitary tract; Nucleus tractus solitarii; Rat; Taste

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHORDA TYMPANI; CODING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; MALE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPIKE WAVE; TASTE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; TASTE;

EID: 84871329989     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00566.2012     Document Type: Article

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