Thalamic contribution to cortical processing of taste and expectation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1815-1827

  Samuelsen, Chad L ^a   Gardner, Matthew P H ^a,b   Fontanini, Alfredo ^a,b  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENTROPY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GUSTATORY CORTEX; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; LATENT PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SPIKE WAVE; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TASTE PREFERENCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; FEMALE; MUSCIMOL; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; TASTE; THALAMUS;

EID: 84873031390     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4026-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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