Preferences of 14 rat strains for 17 taste compounds

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 308-332

  Tordoff, Michael G ^a   Alarcon, Laura K ^a   Lawler, Maureen P ^a  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitter; Calcium; Oil; Salty; Sour; Strain survey; Sweet; Trigeminal; Umami

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CAPSAICIN; CITRIC ACID; CORN OIL; DENATONIUM BENZOATE; GLUCOSE POLYMER; GLUTAMATE SODIUM; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SACCHARIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; INBRED STRAIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTBRED STRAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TASTE PREFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DRINKING; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; RATS; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TASTE;

EID: 53049096808     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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