Taste stimuli: a behavioral categorization.
The selective patterns of generalization to various chemicals, obtained in rats after radiation-induced gustatory-avoidance conditioning against single chemicals, were used to evaluate qualitative similarities among taste stimuli. DL-Alanine, glycine, and sodium saccharin were classed together, but not with D-glucose or potassium chloride. Groupings such as these may serve as a basis for determining the dimensions along which taste quality is represented.
D000409:Alanine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D003213:Conditioning, Psychological; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D005793:Generalization, Psychological; D005794:Generalization, Response; D005795:Generalization, Stimulus; D005947:Glucose; D005998:Glycine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D051381:Rats; D012996:Solutions; D013549:Sweetening Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013649:Taste; D013650:Taste Buds / Q000187:drug effects
D012996:Solutions; D013549:Sweetening Agents; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D005947:Glucose; D000409:Alanine; D005998:Glycine