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Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
Palatable gustatory stimuli promote feeding, whereas gastric distension generally inhibits this behavior. We explored a neural basis for integration of these opposing sensory signals by evaluating the effect of gastric distension on gustatory responses in the parabrachial nucleus (PBN) of anesthetized rats. Sixteen percent of 92 taste cells were coactivated; they responded to independent taste or gastric distension stimulus application. Modulation of taste responses by distension was more prevalent; taste responses declined 37% in response to distension in 25% of the cells and increased by 46% in 10% of cells. Across the whole population, however, the suppressive effect of distension on taste responses was small (6%). The incidence of modulation did not vary as a simple hedonic function of gustatory sensitivity, i.e., similar proportions of sucrose-, citric-acid-, and QHCl-best, but not NaCl-best, neurons were modulated by gastric distension. Coactivated, modulated, and nonmodulated gustatory-responsive cells were intermingled in the gustatory zone of the caudal PBN. The suppression of PBN taste responses by visceral stimulation may reflect a mechanism for satiation and further implicates the PBN in the control of ingestive function.
nucleus of the solitary tract; electrophysiology; satiation; satiety; rat; stomach
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