Basic taste processing recruits bilateral anteroventral and middle dorsal insulae: An activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis of fMRI studies

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Yeung, Andy Wai Kan ^a   Goto, Tazuko K ^a,b   Leung, Wai Keung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

connectivity; functional magnetic resonance imaging; insula; meta analysis; neuroimaging; taste

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BODY MASS; BRAIN REGION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; TASTE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TASTE PERCEPTION;

EID: 85014949389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21623279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.655     Document Type: Article

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