Neural correlates of evaluative compared with passive tasting
Bender G, Veldhuizen MG, Meltzer JA, Gitelman DR, Small DM. Neural correlates of evaluative compared with passive tasting. European Journal Of Neuroscience 2009, 30: 327-338. PMID: 19614981, PMCID: PMC2776645, DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06819.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLateral orbitofrontal cortexOrbitofrontal cortexPrimary taste cortexLeft lateral orbitofrontal cortexFunctional magnetic resonanceTasteless solutionMaximal responseTaste cortexFunction of taskCortical representationGustatory informationAnterior insulaVentral regionNeural responsesPreferential connectivityAmygdalaNeural correlatesCortexInsulaNeural encodingSubjectsStimulus presenceMagnetic resonanceResponseEarly relay