Sweet and bitter taste in the brain of awake behaving animals

Yueqing Peng, Sarah Gillis-Smith, Hao Jin, Dimitri Tränkner, Nicholas J. P. Ryba () and Charles S. Zuker ()
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Yueqing Peng: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
Sarah Gillis-Smith: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
Hao Jin: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
Dimitri Tränkner: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
Nicholas J. P. Ryba: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health
Charles S. Zuker: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University

Nature, 2015, vol. 527, issue 7579, 512-515

Abstract: Activation of the sweet and bitter cortical fields in awake mice evokes predetermined behavioural programs, independent of learning and experience, illustrating the hardwired and innate nature of the sense of taste.

Date: 2015
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