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Oxytocin gene deletion mice overconsume palatable sucrose solution but not palatable lipid emulsions.
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology - 1 Sept 2007
Miedlar J A, Rinaman L, Vollmer R R, Amico J A
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We previously reported that oxytocin knockout (OT KO) mice display markedly enhanced intake of sweet and nonsweet carbohydrate solutions compared with intake by wild-type (WT) mice of the same background strain. The present study was conducted to determine whether OT KO mice demonstrate enhanced intake of Intralipid, a palatable lipid emulsion. Male or female mice of both genotypes that were naive to the test...
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