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Parametric Characterization of a Taste Phenotype in Rats Selectively Bred for High Versus Low Saccharin Intake.
Chemical senses - 25 Mar 2020
Dess Nancy K, Chapman Clinton D
Abstract excerpt
Taste signals food quality and reflects energy status and associated processes. Occidental high- and low-saccharin consuming rats (HiS, LoS) have been selectively bred for nearly 60 generations on intake of 0.1% saccharin in a 23-h two-bottle test, as a tool for studying individual differences in taste and its correlates in the domains of feeding, defensive, and social behavior. The saccharin phenotype itself has...
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