Neural substrates for conditioned taste aversion in the rat

T Yamamoto, T Shimura, N Sako, Y Yasoshima… - Behavioural brain …, 1994 - Elsevier
Conditioned taste aversions (CTAs) are well known to be robust and long-lasting instances
of learning induced by a single CS (taste)-US (malaise) pairing. CTA can be taken as a …

Conditioned taste aversion in rats with excitotoxic brain lesions

T Yamamoto, Y Fujimoto, T Shimura, N Sakai - Neuroscience research, 1995 - Elsevier
Conditioned taste aversion (CTA) is well known to be a robust and long-lasting learning after
a single conditioned stimulus (CS) (taste) — unconditioned stimulus (US) (malaise) pairing. …

Neurochemical modulation of ingestive behavior in the ventral pallidum

T Shimura, H Imaoka… - European Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The nucleus accumbens and its related circuitry have been shown to play an important role
in promoting the intake of hedonically desirable food. A previous report has demonstrated …

Representation of hedonics and quality of taste stimuli in the parabrachial nucleus of the rat

T Yamamoto, T Shimura, N Sakai, N Ozaki - Physiology & behavior, 1994 - Elsevier
The distribution of evoked expression of the protooncogene c-fos was immunohistochemically
examined in the parabrachial nucleus (PBN) of water-deprived rats after free ingestion of …

Ventral tegmental lesions reduce overconsumption of normally preferred taste fluid in rats

T Shimura, Y Kamada, T Yamamoto - Behavioural brain research, 2002 - Elsevier
Previous studies have suggested that the brain regions along the taste pathway and its
anatomical interfacing with the brain reward system are concerned with palatability-induced …

Ibotenic acid lesions of the parabrachial nucleus and conditioned taste aversion: further evidence for an associative deficit in rats.

PS Grigson, S Reilly, T Shimura… - Behavioral …, 1998 - psycnet.apa.org
Rats with extensive ibotenic acid lesions centered in the gustatory zone of the pontine
parabrachial nucleus (PBN) failed to acquire a conditioned taste aversion (CTA) induced by …

The medial preoptic area is involved in both sexual arousal and performance in male rats: re-evaluation of neuron activity in freely moving animals

T Shimura, T Yamamoto, M Shimokochi - Brain research, 1994 - Elsevier
A total of 74 single unit activities was recorded from the medial preoptic-anterior hypothalamic
continuum (MPOA) during free copulatory behavior of male rats. Forty-six units (62.2%) …

Transportation of organic matter to the sea floor by carrion falls of the giant jellyfish Nemopilema nomurai in the Sea of Japan

…, K Sugimoto, K Hirase, N Shimamoto, T Shimura… - Marine Biology, 2008 - Springer
The fate of the giant jellyfish Nemopilema nomurai after death was examined in the southwest
Sea of Japan. The density of dead jellyfish was greater than that of live animals. The dead …

Single unit responses of the amygdala after conditioned taste aversion in conscious rats

Y Yasoshima, T Shimura, T Yamamoto - Neuroreport, 1995 - journals.lww.com
Amygdalar neuronal responses to sodium saccharin used as the conditioned stimulus (CS)
and to other taste stimuli including sucrose, NaCl, HCl and quinine hydrochloride were …

Centrifugal inputs modulate taste aversion learning associated parabrachial neuronal activities

K Tokita, Z Karádi, T Shimura… - Journal of …, 2004 - journals.physiology.org
Our previous studies have demonstrated that gustatory neurons in the parabrachial nucleus
(PBN) show altered responses after the acquisition of conditioned taste aversion (CTA) to …