Electrophysiological and morphological analyses of vagal mechanoreceptors in the gut wall
suggest conflicting conclusions. Electrophysiology has distinguished a single general class …

This paper reviews previous research on sugar appetite and sugar-induced overeating and
obesity in the rat, and previews new findings reported in this issue on the rat's taste and …

The interlick interval distribution of rats while ingesting maltose under real and sham feeding
conditions and while ingesting seven concentrations of sucrose under real feeding …

A microstructural analysis of licking behavior in nondeprived and 23-hr food-deprived rats
(n= 15) presented with various sucrose solutions (0.03–1.0 M) in daily single-bottle, 1-hr …

The palatability dimension of taste stimuli has usually been studied in nonhuman species by
two-stimulus preference tests, operant procedures, and neural recording from the chorda …

Little is known about how specific genes influence taste function in mammals. One of the
most promising ways to fill this void is to screen the progeny of chemically mutagenized (or …

Head-fixed behavioral experiments in rodents permit unparalleled experimental control,
precise measurement of behavior, and concurrent modulation and measurement of neural …

Abstract In Experiment 1, water-deprived Sprague-Dawley rats were given 5 min access to
saccharin. This tube retracted, an empty tube advanced, and the rats were given 1 hr to lick …

Rats conditioned to avoid drinking 300 millimolar NaCl recognized and rejected this solution
within 250 to 600 milliseconds of onset of stimulus, a period containing the phasic portion of …

Behavioral and pharmacological challenges using methamphetamine (MAP-0.5 and 1.0
mg/kg, ip), haloperidol (HAL-0.12 mg/kg, ip), and sulfated cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK …