Oral amiloride treatment decreases taste sensitivity to sodium salts in C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice

Chemical Senses

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 447-458

  Eylam, Shachar ^a   Spector, Alan C ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal psychophysics; Epithelial sodium channels; Gustatory system; Inbred mice; Sodium chloride

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; GLUCONATE SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; GLUCONIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHORDA TYMPANI; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE BUD; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DBA MOUSE; DRUG EFFECT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SALT INTAKE;

ANIMALIA; CHORDA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMILORIDE; ANIMALS; GLUCONATES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; TASTE THRESHOLD;

EID: 1542752281     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/28.5.447     Document Type: Article

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