Saccharin pre-exposure enhances appetitive flavor learning in pre-weanling rats

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 818-824

  Swithers, Susan E ^a   Ogden, Sean B ^a   Laboy, Alycia F ^a   Davidson, T L ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetitive learning; Cue competition; Energy balance; Rat; Sweeteners

Indexed keywords

SACCHARIN; SWEETENING AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TASTE;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SACCHARIN; SWEETENING AGENTS; TASTE;

RATTUS; VITACEAE;

EID: 84868693751     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21047     Document Type: Article

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