Gustatory cortex articles within Nature Communications

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• Article
  05 July 2021 | Open Access

  A neuronal ensemble encoding adaptive choice during sensory conflict in Drosophila

  The valence of information about food sources can be conflicting. Here, the authors show that activity in a small population of neurons projecting to the fan-shaped body of Drosophila represents food choice during sensory conflict.

  • Preeti F. Sareen
  • , Li Yan McCurdy
  •  & Michael N. Nitabach

• Article
  05 March 2019 | Open Access

  Distinct representations of basic taste qualities in human gustatory cortex

  Previous research shows how taste types are represented across regions of the brain in non-human animals. Here, the authors examine how four basic tastes are represented in the human brain, showing evidence of the human gustatory cortex in the insula.

  • Junichi Chikazoe
  • , Daniel H. Lee
  •  & Adam K. Anderson