Coupling between chorda tympani nerve fibres in the cat.
Evidence for coupling between a small proportion of chorda tympani nerve fibres has been obtained in cats. Single chorda tympani fibres from which a response was recorded following electrical stimulation of another chorda tympani fibre were taken as being coupled to that fibre. The coupled fibres were associated with between 1 and 4 fungiform papillae on the tongue and they showed responses to gustatory, mechanical and electrical stimulation of those papillae.
D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D013649:Taste; D014059:Tongue / Q000294:innervation