The insular taste cortex contributes to odor quality coding

Despite distinct peripheral and central pathways, stimulation of both the olfactory and the gustatory systems may give rise to the sensation of sweetness. Whether there is a common central mechanism producing sweet quality sensations or two discrete mechanisms associated independently with gustatory...

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Main Authors: Maria G Veldhuizen, Danielle Nachtigal, Lynsey Teulings, Darren R Gitelman, Dana M Small
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2010.00058/full