Aspartame consumption in rats selectively bred for high versus low saccharin intake

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 393-396

  De Francisco, Jeffrey C ^a   Dess, Nancy K ^a  

^a OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspartame; Rats; Saccharin; Selective Breeding; Sweet

Indexed keywords

ASPARTAME; FRUCTOSE; MALTOSE; SACCHARIN; SUCROSE; SUGAR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLAVOR; FLUID INTAKE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEETNESS; TASTE;

EID: 0031736848     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00215-7     Document Type: Article

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