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Title The Role of the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract in Gustatory Processing
Published CRC Press 2007

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Description 1 online resource (182 pages)
Series Frontiers in neuroscience
Frontiers in neuroscience (Boca Raton, Fla.)
Contents Front Cover; Table of Contents; Series Preface; Preface; Editor; List of Contributors; Chapter 1. Historical Perspectives; Chapter 2. Anatomy of the Rostral Nucleus of the Solitary Tract; Chapter 3. Neurotransmitters and Receptors Expressed by rNST Neurons; Chapter 4. Reflex Connections; Chapter 5. Neural Coding in the rNST; Chapter 6. Development and Plasticity of the Gustatory Portion of Nucleus of the Solitary Tract; Chapter 7. rNST Circuits; Index; Back Cover
Summary Providing an essential brainstem relay for three cranial nerves, the NST coordinates highly complex sensory information. While other functions of the NST have received attention, its role in gustatory processing has received little. The first reference devoted exclusively to gustatory processing, The Role of the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract in Gustatory Processing offers an in-depth review of one of the most important central relay stations in the brain.Combining widely dispersed research into a comprehensive single volume, it presents a thorough historical background, documents the a
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Solitary nucleus.
Taste.
Solitary Nucleus
Taste
taste (senses)
Solitary nucleus
Taste
Form Electronic book
Author Bradley, Robert, M.
LC no. 2006047539
ISBN 1280733136
9781280733130
9780849342004
0849342007