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·November 12, 2020·3 min read

Re-Mapping Taste in the Brain

Study 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.

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·November 11, 2020·3 min read

Taste Aversion Reveals How Bad Experiences Modify Brain and Behavior

Learning to avoid certain tastes depends on the long term reduction in activity the connections between threat and taste sensors in the brain.

This shows the network from the gustatory thalamus to the cortex in mice

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·May 7, 2019·3 min read

Neurons that encode sweetness identified: Mouse study

SatB2PBN-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.

This shows how the model predicts expectation in a color graph

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·April 16, 2019·2 min read

Scientists Create a Model for the Neural Basis of Expectation

A 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.

Image shows the painting "The Senses of Hearing, Touch and Taste".

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·September 1, 2016·2 min read

The Brain Perceives Taste With All Senses

Researchers report the gustatory cortex relies on all the senses to anticipate taste.

Image shows brain connections in normal weight and obese children.

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·November 24, 2015·2 min read

Impulse Areas of Brain Activated in Obese Children by Food Odors

According 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.