A High Throughput In Vivo Assay for Taste Quality and Palatability

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Palmer, R Kyle ^a   Long, Daniel ^a   Brennan, Francis ^b   Buber, Tulu ^a   Bryant, Robert ^c   Salemme, F Raymond ^d  

^a Opertech Bio Inc   (United States)

^b Genomind LLC   (United States)

^c Asheville Flavor Innovation LLC   (United States)

^d Imiplex LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; QUININE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; WATER;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; FATIGUE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IN VIVO STUDY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTY; PALATABILITY; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TASTE PREFERENCE; TASTE QUALITY;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; MALE; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASTE;

EID: 84881483761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072391     Document Type: Article

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