FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 12, 2020·3 min readRe-Mapping Taste in the BrainStudy reveals the map of neural responses that mediate taste perception does not involve a specific, specialized group of neurons, but overlapping and spatially distributed neural populations.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·November 11, 2020·3 min readTaste Aversion Reveals How Bad Experiences Modify Brain and BehaviorLearning to avoid certain tastes depends on the long term reduction in activity the connections between threat and taste sensors in the brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 7, 2019·3 min readNeurons that encode sweetness identified: Mouse studySatB2PBN-expressing neurons in the parabrachial nucleus play a key role in processing and encoding sweet tastes. The SatB2PBN neurons relay sweet taste signals from the gustatory thalamus to the cortex in mouse models.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 16, 2019·2 min readScientists Create a Model for the Neural Basis of ExpectationA new theoretical model helps explain how the gustatory cortex mediates the expectation of receiving a taste. The model sheds light on the neural basis of expectation.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 1, 2016·2 min readThe Brain Perceives Taste With All SensesResearchers report the gustatory cortex relies on all the senses to anticipate taste.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 24, 2015·2 min readImpulse Areas of Brain Activated in Obese Children by Food OdorsAccording to a new study, the area of the brain associated with impulsivity and the development of OCD is activated in obese children when they smell food.Read More