A high-throughput method to measure NACI and acid taste thresholds in mice

Chemical Senses

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 277-293

  Ishiwatari, Yutaka ^a,b   Bachmanov, Alexander A ^a  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^b AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Citric acid; Conditioned taste aversion; LiCl; NaCl; Taste threshold

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT INTAKE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE AVERSION;

ACONITIC ACID; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MALE; MICE; PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF ADMINISTRATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TASTE THRESHOLD;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 65549165515     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjp001     Document Type: Article

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