title: State dependence of olfactory perception as a function of taste cortical inactivation.
abstract: As anyone who has suffered through a head cold knows, food eaten when the olfactory system is impaired tastes 'wrong', an experience that leads many to conclude that taste stimuli are processed normally only when the olfactory system is unimpaired. Evidence that the taste system influences olfactory perception, however, has been vanishingly rare. We found just such an influence; if taste cortex was inactivated when an odor was first presented, later presentations were properly appreciated only if taste cortex was again inactivated.
authors.affiliation: Program in Neuroscience, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Yaihara
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fortis-Santiago
authors.forename: Benjamin A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Rodwin
authors.forename: Selin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Neseliler
authors.forename: Caitlin E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Piette
authors.forename: Donald B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Katz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D003902:Detergents; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D018755:GABA Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D007858:Learning / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008568:Memory / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009118:Muscimol / Q000494:pharmacology; D009812:Odorants; D000857:Olfaction Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced; D055696:Olfactory Perception / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010812:Physical Stimulation; D051381:Rats; D020318:Rats, Long-Evans; D012919:Social Behavior; D055697:Taste Perception / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003902:Detergents; D018755:GABA Agonists; D009118:Muscimol