Effects of selective lingual gustatory deafferentation on suprathreshold taste intensity discrimination of NaCl in rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1409-1417

  Colbert, Connie L ^a   Garcea, Mircea ^a   Spector, Alan C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHORDA TYMPANI; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; GUSTATORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERFORMANCE; RAT; SENSIBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISCRIMINATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHORDA TYMPANI NERVE; DENERVATION; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TASTE; TASTE BUDS; TASTE THRESHOLD;

EID: 9644310353     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.118.6.1409     Document Type: Article

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