Phenylthiocarbamide produces conditioned taste aversions in mice

Chemical Senses

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 377-382

  St John, Steven J ^a   Pour, Lindsay ^a   Boughter Jr , John D ^b  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitter avoidance; Gustatory; Strain differences

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM CHLORIDE; PHENYLTHIOUREA; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BITTER TASTE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TASTE AVERSION; TASTE BUD; TASTE PREFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PHENYLTHIOUREA; SUCROSE; TASTE;

EID: 23844511242     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bji032     Document Type: Article

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