Sensory neuroscience: taste responses in primary olfactory cortex

Dana M Small; Maria G Veldhuizen; Barry Green

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.12.036

Sensory neuroscience: taste responses in primary olfactory cortex

Curr Biol. 2013 Feb 18;23(4):R157-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.12.036.

Authors

Dana M Small¹, Maria G Veldhuizen, Barry Green

Affiliation

¹ The John B Pierce Laboratory, 290 Congress Avenue, New Haven, CT 06519, USA. dsmall@jbpierce.org

PMID: 23428327
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.12.036

Abstract

A new electrophysiological study in rodents demonstrates that taste-odor convergence occurs in posterior piriform olfactory cortex and calls for a reformulation of classic models of the central representation of flavor.

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Animals
Cerebral Cortex / physiology*
Female
Neurons / physiology*
Olfactory Pathways / physiology*
Olfactory Perception / physiology*
Taste Perception / physiology*