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Is glycine "sweet" to mice? Mouse strain differences in perception of glycine taste.
Chemical senses - 1 Nov 2006
Manita Satoshi, Bachmanov Alexander A, Li Xia, Beauchamp Gary K, Inoue Masashi
Abstract excerpt
Glycine is an amino acid tasting sweet to humans. In 2-bottle tests, C57BL/6ByJ (B6) mice strongly prefer glycine solutions, whereas 129P3/J (129) mice do not, suggesting that they differ in perception of glycine taste. We examined this question using the conditioned taste aversion (CTA) generalization technique. CTA was achieved by injecting LiCl after drinking glycine, and next its generalization to 10 taste...
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