“…Although best known as a visceral/taste sensory relay (Norgren and Leonard, 1971; Di Lorenzo and Monroe, 1997), the PBN has additional functions, including food intake (Wilson et al, 2003; DiPatrizio and Simansky, 2008; Wu et al, 2009; Carter et al, 2013b), establishing a conditioned taste aversion (Yamamoto, 2007; Carter et al, 2013b; Dayawansa et al, 2013), and REM sleep (Quattrochi et al, 1998; Torterolo et al, 2011). …”