Rats display a robust bimodal preference profile for sucralose

Chemical Senses

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 733-745

  Loney, Gregory C ^a   Torregrossa, Ann Marie ^a   Smith, James C ^a   Sclafani, Anthony ^b   Eckel, Lisa A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial sweeteners; Individual differences; Sex differences; Strain differences; Taste preferences

Indexed keywords

SUCRALOSE; WATER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HORMONAL REGULATION; LICKING; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REHYDRATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWEETNESS; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE PREFERENCE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENTS; TASTE; TASTE PERCEPTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 80053192768     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjr048     Document Type: Article

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