The effect of naltrexone on taste detection and recognition threshold

Appetite

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 241-249

  Arbisi, P A ^a,b   Billington, C J ^a   Levine, A S ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NALTREXONE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; SUCROSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWEETNESS; TASTE;

EID: 0033118193     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/appe.1998.0217     Document Type: Article

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