ReviewInternational journal of obesity (2005)2009
The gustatory cortex and multisensory integration.
Review in International journal of obesity (2005), 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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59 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 146 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effect of bariatric surgery on the expression of gastrointestinal taste receptors: A systematic review.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2024Pooled it
- Naturalizing aesthetics: brain areas for aesthetic appraisal across sensory modalities.NeuroImage · 2011Pooled it
- Improving taste sensitivity in healthy adults using taste recall training: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
- Neural circuits for cognitive appetite control in healthy and obese individuals: an fMRI study.PloS one · 2015Trial
- Locus coeruleus activation transforms cortical taste representations.Cell reports · 2026Article
- Music-taste interactions enhance gustatory and sensorimotor brain activity.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Capsaicin and menthol reduce excitability of insular pyramidal neurons via TRP-independent sodium channel inactivation.Experimental brain research · 2026Article
- Altered eating experience during GLP-1 receptor agonist therapy: a sensory-liking-wanting framework for food preference and nutritional behaviour.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Insular cortex predictions regulate glucose homeostasis.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Effect of Phenolic Compounds and Terpenes on the Flavour and Functionality of Plant-Based Foods.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Tastes and retronasal odours evoke a shared flavour-specific neural code in the human insula.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Dynamic Synergy Network Analysis Reveals Stage-Specific Regional Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Cortical coding of gustatory and thermal signals in active licking mice.The Journal of physiology · 2025Article
- Exploring the acceptance of mozzarella cheese in school lunches among school-aged children: a pilot study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Cortical Coding of Gustatory and Thermal Signals in Active Licking Mice.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Functional structure of local connections and differentiation of cerebral cortex areas in the neonate.NeuroImage · 2024Article
- Bilateral insular cortical lesions reduce sensitivity to the adverse consequences of acute ethanol intoxication in Pavlovian conditioning procedures.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2024Article
- Sensorimotor regulation of facial expression - An untouched frontier.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2024Review
- Physiological Integration of Taste and Metabolism.The New England journal of medicine · 2024Review
- Stereotyped goal-directed manifold dynamics in the insular cortex.Cell reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
The central gustatory pathways are part of the brain circuits upon which rest the decision to ingest or reject a food. The quality of food stimuli, however, relies not only on their taste but also on properties such as odor, texture and temperature. We will review anatomical and functional evidence showing that the central gustatory system, in particular its cortical aspect, functions as an integrative circuit in which taste-responsive neurons also show sensitivity to somatosensory and olfactory stimulation. In addition, gustatory pathways are modulated by the internal state of the body, with neuronal responses to tastes changing according to variations in physiological parameters such as gastrointestinal hormones or blood glucose levels. Therefore, rather than working as the receptive field of peripheral taste receptor cells, the central gustatory pathways seem to operate as a multisensory system dedicated to evaluating the biological significance of intra-oral stimuli.
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