Sweet and bitter taste in the brain of awake behaving animals

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 527; no. 7579; pp. 512 - 515
• Main Authors: Peng, Yueqing, Gillis-Smith, Sarah, Jin, Hao, Tränkner, Dimitri, Ryba, Nicholas J. P., Zuker, Charles S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 26.11.2015; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/378/2626/2628; 631/378/3917; Animal behavior; Animal feeding behavior; Animals; Appetitive Behavior - physiology; Appetitive Behavior - radiation effects; Avoidance Learning - physiology; Avoidance Learning - radiation effects; Brain Mapping; Cerebral Cortex - cytology; Cerebral Cortex - physiology; Cerebral Cortex - radiation effects; Cortex (Botany); Discrimination, Psychological - physiology; Humanities and Social Sciences; Ingestion; letter; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; multidisciplinary; Optogenetics; Science; Sensory perception; Stereotaxic Techniques; Studies; Taste; Taste - physiology; Taste Perception - physiology; Taste Perception - radiation effects; Toxic substances; Wakefulness - physiology

Activation of the sweet and bitter cortical fields in awake mice evokes predetermined behavioural programs, independent of learning and experience, illustrating the hardwired and innate nature of the sense of taste. Dissecting the sense of taste In mammals, information from taste receptor cells in t...