Gustatory responses of the hamster Mesocricetus auratus to various compounds considered sweet by humans

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2102-2112

  Danilova, Vicktoria ^a   Hellekant, Göran ^a   Tinti, Jean Marie ^b   Nofre, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALITAME; ASPARTAME; CYCLAMATE SODIUM; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCINE; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENT; THAUMATIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHORDA TYMPANI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAMSTER; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEETNESS; TASTE AVERSION; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TASTE PREFERENCE;

EID: 0031767073     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.4.2102     Document Type: Article

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