Eating and wheel running across the estrous cycle in rat lines selectively bred on a taste phenotype.

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The Occidental Low- and High-Saccharin-Consuming rats (respectively, LoS and HiS) have been selectively bred for decades to study the relationship between taste and behaviors in and beyond the ingestive domain. Whether the saccharin phenotype is associated with behavioral periodicities tied to reproductive status is not known. Here we describe for the first time variation across the estrous cycle in chow intake...

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