Analysis of polysaccharide taste in hamsters: Behavioral and neural studies

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 505-516

  Rehnberg, Bradley G ^a,b   Mackinnon, Bruce I ^a   Hettinger, Thomas P ^a   Frank, Marion E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b York College   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorda tympani; Conditioned taste aversion; Hamster; Neural recording; Polysaccharide taste; Single fiber recording; Sweet taste; Taste preference

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; AMYLASE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE POLYMER; GLYCOGEN; MALTOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHORDA TYMPANI; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEETNESS; TASTE AVERSION; TASTE BUD; TASTE PREFERENCE;

EID: 0029981257     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02092-6     Document Type: Article

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