Linoleic acid increases chorda tympani nerve responses to and behavioral preferences for monosodium glutamate by male and female rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

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

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Fat taste; Free fatty acids; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE SODIUM; LINOLEIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHORDA TYMPANI; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASTE; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; INNERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TONGUE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; CHORDA TYMPANI NERVE; DIETARY FATS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; LINOLEIC ACID; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SODIUM GLUTAMATE; TASTE; TONGUE;

EID: 54049149926     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00916.2007     Document Type: Article

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