Flavor processing
Small D, Jones-Gotman M, Zatorre R, Petrides M, Evans A. Flavor processing. Neuroreport 1997, 8: 3913-3917. PMID: 9462465, DOI: 10.1097/00001756-199712220-00014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCerebral blood flow changesBlood flow changesSignificant CBF decreasePositron emission tomographySecondary gustatoryCBF decreaseBasal forebrainCBF increaseOlfactory cortexFlavor processingPrimary gustatoryEmission tomographyGustatory stimuliIndependent presentationFlavor conditionFlow changesGustatoryUnpleasant stimuliIdentical stimuliOlfactorySimultaneous presentationPresentationStimuliA Role for the Right Anterior Temporal Lobe in Taste Quality Recognition
Small D, Jones-Gotman M, Zatorre R, Petrides M, Evans A. A Role for the Right Anterior Temporal Lobe in Taste Quality Recognition. Journal Of Neuroscience 1997, 17: 5136-5142. PMID: 9185551, PMCID: PMC6573307, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-13-05136.1997.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRegional cerebral blood flowAnteromedial temporal lobeGroup of patientsTemporal lobeRight anterior temporal lobectomyOrbitofrontal cortexCaudolateral orbitofrontal cortexAnterior temporal lobectomyCerebral blood flowRight anterior temporal lobePrimary taste cortexTreatment of epilepsyPositron emission tomographyRight cerebral hemisphereAnterior temporal lobeRCBF increasesTemporal lobectomyGustatory functionTaste cortexBlood flowCerebral hemispheresControl groupEmission tomographyPatientsTaste sensation