Gustatory Pathways in Fish and Mammals

The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages 237-259

  Whitehead, M C ^a   Finger, T E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Behavior; Comparative neurology; Connections; Cortex; Electrophysiology; Fish; Gustation; Medulla; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Parabrachial nucleus; Pons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882511549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012370880-9.00082-7     Document Type: Chapter

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