Taste difference thresholds for monosodium glutamate and sodium chloride in pigtail macaques (Macaca nemestrina) and spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 839-847

  Laska, Matthias ^a   Suorra, Josefin Persson ^a   Bautista, Rosa Mariela Rivas ^b   Salazar, Laura Teresa Hernandez ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Monosodium glutamate; Pigtail macaques; Sodium chloride; Spider monkeys; Taste difference thresholds

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD SELECTION; PRIMATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TASTE; THRESHOLD; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; ATELES GEOFFROYI; ATELES SP.; MACACA; MACACA NEMESTRINA;

GLUTAMATE SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATELIDAE; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TASTE ACUITY;

ANIMALS; ATELINAE; FEMALE; MACACA NEMESTRINA; MALE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM GLUTAMATE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TASTE THRESHOLD;

EID: 53049104013     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20558     Document Type: Article

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