Chorda tympani responses in two inbred strains of mice with different taste preferences

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 287-297

  Frank, Marion E ^a   Blizard, David A ^b  

^a Department of Psychiatry   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral genetics; C57BL 6J; Chorda tympani; DBA 2J; Taste

Indexed keywords

HYDROCHLORIC ACID; QUININE; SACCHARIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BEHAVIOR; CHORDA TYMPANI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID INTAKE; INBRED STRAIN; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TASTE PREFERENCE;

EID: 0032788924     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00071-2     Document Type: Article

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