Neural processing of basic tastes in healthy young and older adults - an fMRI study

NeuroImage

Volumn 119, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-12

  Hoogeveen, Heleen R ^a,b   Dalenberg, Jelle R ^a,b   Renken, Remco J ^a,b   ter Horst, Gert J ^a,b   Lorist, Monicque M ^b,c  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; FMRI; Perception; Sensation; Taste concentration; Taste processing; Taste quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSULA; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SALTINESS; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SOUR TASTE; SWEETNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TASTE PREFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; TASTE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; TASTE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936884749     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.06.017     Document Type: Article

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