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Neuroimaging of taste perception Hiroshi Fukuda 1 , Shinya Uchida 1 , Shigeo Kinomura 1 , Ryuta Kawashima 1 1Institute of Development Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University Keyword: 味覚 , 島・弁蓋部 , 前頭眼窩部 pp.285-293
Published Date 2004/4/10
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1431100202
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 Recent development of neuroimaging technique, such as positron emission tomography(PET)and functional MRI(f-MRI)enables us to visualize functional anatomy of the human brain. In this paper, the representation of taste perception and recognition in the human brain using PET and f-MRI were reviewed.

 Kinomura and our group(1994)did a pioneering study in this field. Using PET, we measured cerebral blood flow changes of the subjects during discrimination of the taste of salty water(0.18%NaCl)and pure water. The most striking result of the study was that the insular cortex was activated by the discrimination task, which was known as a primary taste cortex from the electrophysiological studies of non-human primate. The results of recent brain imaging studies indicate that the insular/frontal opercular cortex and the orbitofrontal cortex were the primary and secondary cortices, respectively, for taste processing in the human brain. Intra-subject averaging of f-MRI data revealed that different taste stimuli might be processed in the different part of these regions. From the studies on the effect of reward value on the taste processing, it was suggested that the taste area, as well as the olfactory area, contribute to feeding behavior by encoding the value of food reward in addition to sensory processing. Furthermore, from the results of the study to compare the representation of pleasant and unpleasant tastes, it can be concluded that aversive taste activates the limbic and paralimbic systems.

(Received:December 10, 2003)


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