Involvement of the Mesolimbic System in Palatability-induced Ingestion

Authors: Shimura, Tsuyoshi; Imaoka, Hiroyuki; Okazaki, Yasutaka; Kanamori, Yumie; Fushiki, Tohru; Yamamoto, Takashi

Source: Chemical Senses, Volume 30, Supplement 1, January 2005 , pp. i188-i189(2)

Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Keywords: freely moving animals; reward; taste; unit activity; ventral tegmental area

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjh177

Affiliations: 1: Department of Behavioral Physiology, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan and

Publication date: 2005-01-01

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Chemical Senses publishes original research and review papers on all aspects of chemoreception in both humans and animals. An important part of the journal's coverage is devoted to techniques and the development and application of new methods for investigating chemoreception and chemosensory structures.