Cortical taste mechanisms studied by two different test procedures.
- 1 January 1955
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
- Vol. 48 (2) , 119-122
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0041257
Abstract
Taste thresholds of albino rats for quinine hy-drochloride were determined by two methods, the one-bottle, one hour and the two-bottle, 24-hour method. Ablation of the cortical receptive area for the IXth and chorda tympani nerves produced increased thresholds on the two-bottle, 24 hour test, but not on the one-bottle, one hour test. It was suggested that under conditions of high fluid deprivation, this cortical area is not necessary for normal taste discrimination.Keywords
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