Effect of amiloride on gustatory responses in the ventroposteromedial nucleus of the thalamus in rats.

@article{Verhagen2005EffectOA,
  title={Effect of amiloride on gustatory responses in the ventroposteromedial nucleus of the thalamus in rats.},
  author={Justus V. Verhagen and Barbara K. Giza and Thomas R. Scott},
  journal={Journal of neurophysiology},
  year={2005},
  volume={93 1},
  pages={
          157-66
        }
}
The existence of gustatory neuron types has been demonstrated in the chorda tympani nerve and the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS) of rats and hamsters through the oral application of amiloride, a sodium channel blocker. At these lower-order levels, amiloride was shown to reduce the response to sodium and lithium salts in sodium- and sugar-oriented cells, while leaving those of acid- and quinine-oriented neurons unmodified. We extended this investigation to higher-order levels by determining… 
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