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Responses to basic taste qualities in rats selectively bred for high versus low saccharin intake.
Physiology & behavior - 1 May 2000
Dess N K
Abstract excerpt
Rats selectively bred for relatively high (HiS) and relatively low (LoS) saccharin intake were offered sweet (sucrose), bitter (quinine, sucrose octaacetate), salty (sodium chloride), starchy (Polycose((R))), and sour (citric acid) solutions at several concentrations; sucrose/quinine, and sucrose/citric acid mixtures were also tested. Compared to HiS rats, LoS rats displayed weaker preferences for and lower...
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