The amygdaloid nuclear complex is critical for producing appropriate emotional and
behavioral responses to biologically relevant sensory stimuli. It constitutes an essential link …

Complementary neuronal recordings in primates, and functional neuroimaging in humans,
show that the primary taste cortex in the anterior insula provides separate and combined …

The aim of this study was to determine the brain regions involved in anticipation of a primary
taste reward and to compare these regions to those responding to the receipt of a taste …

We used a 2× 2 factorial design to dissociate regions responding to taste intensity and taste
affective valence. Two intensities each of a pleasant and unpleasant taste were presented to …

The cortical areas that represent affectively positive and negative aspects of touch were
investigated using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) by comparing activations …

In this study, the representation of taste in the orbitofrontal cortex was investigated to
determine whether or not a pleasant and an aversive taste have distinct or overlapping …

Individuals often eat calorically dense, highly palatable “comfort” foods during stress for
stress relief. This article demonstrates that palatable food intake (limited intake of sucrose …

This event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (er-fMRI) study investigated
BOLD signal change in response to a series of pure gustatory stimuli that varied in stimulus …

Animal studies implicate the amygdala and its connections in the recognition of aversive
stimuli. A recent PET study demonstrated that the human amygdala and left orbitofrontal …

In primates including humans, the orbitofrontal cortex is the key brain region representing
the reward value and subjective pleasantness of the sight, smell, taste and texture of food. At …