Intake of high-intensity sweeteners alters the ability of sweet taste to signal caloric consequences: Implications for the learned control of energy and body weight regulation

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1430-1441

  Davidson, Terry L ^a   Martin, Ashley A ^a   Clark, Kiely ^a   Swithers, Susan E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ingestive behaviour; Noncaloric sweetener; Obesity; Pavlovian conditioning; Sweet taste

Indexed keywords

SWEETENING AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD PREFERENCE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SWEETENING AGENTS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 79960943304     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.552729     Document Type: Article

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