Frog's tongue receptive areas: Neural organization and gustatory function
- 1 June 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
- Vol. 35 (6) , 773-774
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01968239
Abstract
Summary Lateral and medial branch of the frog's IXth nerve innervates rostral third and caudal two-thirds of the tongue surface, respectively. The amounts of gustatory signals in these branches differ in proportion to the area they supply.Keywords
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