Article
Selective pressure on a saccharin intake phenotype and its correlates: a replication study.
Chemical senses - 1 Jan 2023
Dess Nancy K, Chapman Clinton D, Jacobi Paulina M
Abstract excerpt
The Occidental High- and Low-Saccharin rats (respectively, HiS and LoS lines) were selectively bred for decades to examine mechanisms and correlates of a saccharin intake phenotype. Observed line differences ranged from taste and eating to drug self-administration and defensive behavior, paralleling human research on relationships between gustation, personality, and psychopathology. The original lines were...
Topics
- Humans
- Rats
- Animals
- Saccharin
- Quinine
- Sodium Chloride
- Phenotype
- Sucrose
- Taste
