[1S04m] Molecular and neural mechanisms underlying perceptual and behavioral modulations by multisensory integration

[1S04m-02] Elucidation of flavor sensation by multisensory integration of olfaction and taste

○Kazuki Shiotani^1,2, Yuta Tanisumi^2,3, Koshi Murata⁴, Yuma Osako⁵, Tomoya Ohnuki⁶, Shogo Takamiya⁷, Junya Hirokawa², Yoshio Sakurai², Hiroyuki Manabe² (1. College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan, 2. Graduate School of Brain Science, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, 3. Division of Multicellular Circuit Dynamics, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Nagoya, Japan, 4. Dept. of Brain Structure and Function, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Univ. of Fukui, Fukui, Japan, 5. Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 6. Lab. for the Neural Circuitry of Learning and Memory, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Saitama, Japan, 7. Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA)

Keywords:flavor, operant conditioning, retronasal olfaction, medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC)