Estrogen increases the taste threshold for sucrose in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 281-286

  Curtis, Kathleen S ^a   Stratford, Jennifer M ^a   Contreras, Robert J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioned taste aversion; Gustation; Reproductive hormones; Sweet taste

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; OIL; SUCROSE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; INJECTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE AVERSION;

EID: 26944434689     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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