Neural signature of taste familiarity in the gustatory cortex of the freely behaving rat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3298-3308

  Bahar, Amir ^a   Dudai, Yadin ^a   Ahissar, Ehud ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUSTATORY CORTEX; GUSTATORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TASTE; TASTE DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MOUTH; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TASTE;

EID: 8644260776     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00198.2004     Document Type: Article

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