title: Impaired responses to sweet taste in vitamin A-deficient rats.
abstract: In brief-exposure, two-choice preference tests (sucrose solution v water), vitamin A-deficient (VAD) rats exhibited a decreased preference for sucrose relative to control rats. There was no difference in total fluid intake from both choices between the two groups, nor was any significant difference found in circumvallate taste papilla keratin size. It is concluded that the impaired preference for sucrose in VAD rats is due to a specific impairment in taste sensation rather than general malaise.
authors.affiliation: The School of Nutritional Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reifen
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Agami
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Weiser
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Biesalski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D004408:Dysgeusia / Q000209:etiology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013395:Sucrose; D013649:Taste; D013650:Taste Buds / Q000473:pathology; D014802:Vitamin A Deficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D013395:Sucrose