Title

Loss of sensitivity to low concentrations of NaCl following bilateral chorda tympani nerve sections in rats

Abstract

A reliable short-term NaCl taste test was developed for rats which resulted in differential responding to a variety of concentrations. The rats were required to exist on a low sodium diet for 8-10 days prior to the initiation of testing. The peak response in this test was to isotonic NaCl with lesser responding to hyper- and hypotonc solutions. After stable responding was obtained, bilateral sections were made of the chorda tympani nerves. This surgery resulted in a loss of sensitivity to the lowest hypotonic solutions (0.03 and 0.06 M NaCl). Little, if any, effect was noted in the perception of sucrose following these nerve sections. © 1994 Oxford University Press.

Publication Date

12-1-1994

Publication Title

Chemical Senses

Volume

19

Issue

2

Number of Pages

169-184

Document Type

Article

Identifier

scopus

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/19.2.169

Socpus ID

0028272983 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0028272983

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