Critical role of amygdala in flavor but not taste preference learning in rats

The role of the amygdala (AMY) in learning to associate complex flavor (taste + odor cues) with the oral and post‐oral properties of nutrients was examined. Rats with excitotoxic lesions of the basolateral AMY learned to prefer flavors paired with intragastric (IG) infusions of maltodextrin or corn...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The European journal of neuroscience 2005-10, Vol.22 (7), p.1767-1774
Hauptverfasser:	Touzani, Khalid, Sclafani, Anthony
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Amygdala - injuries Amygdala - physiology Animals Avoidance Learning - physiology Behavior, Animal carbohydrate Conditioning, Classical - physiology Eating - physiology fat Food Preferences - physiology ibotenic acid lesion intragastric conditioning Intubation, Gastrointestinal - methods Male Polysaccharides - administration & dosage Rats Rats, Sprague-Dawley Smell - physiology Taste - physiology
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