Female mice are more prone to develop an addictive-like phenotype for sugar consumption.

Abstract excerpt

The concept of "sugar addiction" is gaining increasing attention in both the lay media and scientific literature. However, the concept of sugar addiction is controversial and only a few studies to date have attempted to determine the "addictive" properties of sugar using rigorous scientific criteria. Here we set out to systematically test the addictive properties of sugar in male and female mice using established...

Topics

• Animals
• Behavior, Addictive
• Behavior, Animal
• Binge-Eating Disorder
• Body Weight
• Conditioning, Operant
• Dietary Sugars
• Disease Models, Animal
• Female
• Male
• Mice
• Mice, Inbred C57BL