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The central result is that GC neurons respond to and discriminate a wide range of innocuous oral temperatures (deionized water) in a mostly monotonic manner, with responses distributed across the GC in an antero-postero gradient.
Chemical Senses · 4 authors, 4 centres
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The central result is that GC neurons respond to and discriminate a wide range of innocuous oral temperatures (deionized water) in a mostly monotonic manner, with responses distributed across the GC in an antero-postero gradient.
The central result is that GC neurons respond to and discriminate a wide range of innocuous oral temperatures (deionized water) in a mostly monotonic manner, with responses distributed across the GC in an antero-postero gradient. The activity was primarily driven by the thermal feature of the stimulus. Thermal stimuli recruited GC neurons that also respond to taste, and these multi-modal neurons showed different taste quality coding and tuning properties compared to taste-selective neurons. This work provides the first detailed cortical code for oral thermosensation in behaving mice.