Food aversions: taste reactivity responses elicited by lithium-paired food.
The taste reactivity (TR) test was employed to measure the orofacial, somatic and consummatory CRs elicited by a lithium-paired food. Hungry rats were presented chocolate chips followed immediately by an injection of lithium chloride (CS+ group) or saline (CSc group). During the TR test, the rats' behavioral responses to the chocolate chips were videorecorded. The results demonstrated that rats in the CS+ group did not consume the lithium-paired food, but demonstrated the aversive TR response pattern of chain rubbing, paw treading, and gaping.
Parker
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Department of Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario.
Jensen
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D000818:Animals; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000187:drug effects*; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D008094:Lithium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013649:Taste / Q000187:drug effects*
D008094:Lithium