Gustatory deficits produced by medullary lesions in the white rat.
- 1 January 1967
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
- Vol. 63 (3) , 439-443
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0024601
Abstract
FOLLOWING DETERMINATION OF GUSTATORY THRESHOLDS FOR QUININE FOR 21 WHITE RATS USING THE 2-BOTTLE PREFERENCE METHOD, LESIONS WERE PLACED IN THE TONGUE REGION OF THE NUCLEUS OF THE SOLITARY TRACT OF THE RATS AND POSTOPERATIVE THRESHOLD TESTS WERE DETERMINED. EVIDENCE FROM 9 OF THE 21 RATS SHOWED THAT BILATERAL LESIONS IN THE TONGUE REGION OF THE SOLITARY TRACT RESULTED IN AN ELEVATION OF THE MEAN THRESHOLD FOR QUININE. REMOVAL OF THE OLFACTORY BULBS IN 4 OF THE 9 RATS INDICATED THAT GUSTATORY DEFICITS WERE NOT INFLUENCED BY OLFACTORY CUES FROM THE QUININE SOLUTIONS. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)Keywords
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