Activation of lateral hypothalamus-projecting parabrachial neurons by intraorally delivered gustatory stimuli

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn 8, Issue JULY, 2014, Pages

  Tokita, Kenichi ^a,c   Armstrong, William E ^a   John, Steven J St ^b   Boughter Jr , John D ^a  

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

^b ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Immunohistology; Ingestion; Parabrachial; Taste

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD; PROTEIN C FOS; QUININE; 2-HYDROXY-4,4'-DIAMIDINOSTILBENE, METHANESULFONATE SALT; STILBAMIDINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FRA 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; BRAIN STEM; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL LABELING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PARABRACHIAL NEURON; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SWEETNESS; TASTE; UMAMI TASTE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; MOUTH; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HYPOTHALAMIC AREA, LATERAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOUTH; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; QUININE; STILBAMIDINES; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84905166320     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2014.00086     Document Type: Article

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