Modern 'junk food' and minimally-processed 'natural food' cafeteria diets alter the response to sweet taste but do not impair flavor-nutrient learning in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 157, Issue , 2016, Pages 146-157

  Palframan, Kristen M ^a   Myers, Kevin P ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food preference; Food reward; Learning; Lick microstructure; Overeating; Palatability; Progressive ratio

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; SUCROSE; FLAVORING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLAVOR; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD PROCESSING; FRUIT; LEARNING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; SWEETNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VEGETABLE; WHOLE GRAIN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DRUG EFFECTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; SATIETY RESPONSE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TASTE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLAVORING AGENTS; FOOD PREFERENCES; LEARNING; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SATIETY RESPONSE; TASTE;

EID: 84957951506     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.01.010     Document Type: Article

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