The primate amygdala: Neuronal representations of the viscosity, fat texture, temperature, grittiness and taste of foods.

The primate amygdala is implicated in the control of behavioral responses to foods and in stimulus-reinforcement learning, but only its taste representation of oral stimuli has been investigated previously. Of 1416 macaque amygdala neurons recorded, 44 (3.1%) responded to oral stimuli. Of the 44 ora...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kadohisa, M, Verhagen, J, Rolls, E
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2005