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New Methods to Study Gustatory Coding
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We present three new methods to study gustatory coding. Using a simple animal, the moth Manduca sexta (Manduca), we describe a dissection protocol, the use of extracellular tetrodes to record the activity of multiple gustatory receptor neurons, and a system for delivering and monitoring precisely timed pulses of tastants.
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Boronat-García, A., Reiter, S., Sun, K., Stopfer, M. New Methods to Study Gustatory Coding. J. Vis. Exp. (124), e55868, doi:10.3791/55868 (2017).
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