Neural Representation of Fat Texture in the Mouth
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8.1 Summary ..................................................................................................... 198 8.2 Introduction ................................................................................................. 198 8.3 Taste Processing in the Primate Brain ........................................................ 199 8.3.1 Pathways......................................................................................... 199 8.3.2 The Primary Taste Cortex .............................................................200 8.3.3 The Secondary Taste Cortex ..........................................................200 8.3.4 Five Prototypical Tastes, Including Umami ..................................200 8.3.5 The Pleasantness of the Taste of Food ...........................................200 8.3.6 Sensory-Specifi c Satiety ................................................................ 201 8.4 The Representation of Flavor: Convergence of Olfactory and Taste Inputs ..........................................................................................202 8.5 The Representation of the Pleasantness of Odor in the Brain: Olfactory and Visual Sensory-Specifi c Satiety, Their Representation in the Primate Orbitofrontal Cortex, and the Role of Sensory-Specifi c Satiety in Appetite ......................................................203 8.6 The Responses of Orbitofrontal Cortex Taste and Olfactory Neurons to the Sight, Texture, and Temperature of Food .........................................203 8.7 The Mouthfeel of Fat: Orbitofrontal Cortex, Primary Taste Cortex, and Amygdala .............................................................................................205 8.8 Activation of the Human Brain by Oral Signals, Including Fat Texture .................................................................................. 212 8.8.1 Taste ............................................................................................... 212 8.8.2 Odor ............................................................................................... 213 8.8.3 Olfactory-Taste Convergence to Represent Flavor, and the Infl uence of Satiety ........................................................... 213 8.8.4 Oral Viscosity and Fat Texture ...................................................... 214 8.8.5 The Pleasantness of the Flavor of Food ......................................... 217
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