Cortical Hub for Flavor Sensation in Rodents
The experience of eating is inherently multimodal, combining intraoral gustatory, olfactory, and somatosensory signals into a single percept called flavor. As foods and beverages enter the mouth, movements associated with chewing and swallowing activate somatosensory receptors in the oral cavity, di...
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnsys.2021.772286/full |