Taste reactivity in rats selectively bred for high vs. low saccharin consumption

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 749-755

  Badia Elder, Nancy ^a   Kiefer, Stephen W ^a   Dess, Nancy K ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Rats; Saccharin; Selective breeding; Taste reactivity

Indexed keywords

QUININE; SACCHARIN; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INGESTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASTE;

EID: 0029998619     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02131-0     Document Type: Article

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