Taste reactivity in the hamster

Brining, Sheryl K.; Belecky, Teri L.; Smith, David V.

doi:10.1016/0031-9384(91)90361-q

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“…However, pretreatment with the peripheral anti-emetic agent failed to affect the enhanced general activity (i.e., locomotion) exhibited by lithiumtreated pups. An increase in general activity has been commonly considered an index of aversive reactivity in studies assessing either aversive conditioning or acute response to aversive stimuli (Arias & Chotro, 2006;Brining, Belecky, & Smith, 1991). Nevertheless, this variable does not seem to be as sensitive (Arias & Chotro 2005 or as specific as wall climbing (Hoffmann et al, 1991).…”

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Domperidone interferes with conditioned disgust reactions but not taste avoidance evoked by a LiCl‐paired taste in infant rats

Pautassi¹,

Arias²,

Molina³

et al. 2008

Developmental Psychobiology

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Rats exhibit taste avoidance and conditioned disgust reactions when stimulated with a tastant paired with lithium chloride (LiCl). Lithium-mediated activation of chemoreceptor nuclei at the brainstem appears to determine the acquisition of conditioned taste aversion (CTA) in adult rodents. Domperidone (DOM), an anti-emetic drug that does not cross the blood-brain barrier, was employed to analyze mechanisms underlying LiCl-mediated CTA in infant rats. On postnatal day 13 animals were given DOM followed by a pairing between intraoral saccharin and LiCl. Saccharin consumption at testing was lower in lithium-treated pups than in controls. DOM did not interfere with this LiCl-mediated taste avoidance but significantly decreased LiCl-mediated disgust reactions (head-shaking and wall climbing). Activation of the emetic system of the brainstem does not seem necessary for the acquisition of LiCl-mediated conditioned taste avoidance. Yet, these centers seem to be involved in the palatability shift resulting from taste-LiCl pairings. These results indicate an early dissociation between conditioned disgust reactions and conditioned taste avoidance.

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Domperidone interferes with conditioned disgust reactions but not taste avoidance evoked by a LiCl‐paired taste in infant rats

Pautassi¹,

Arias²,

Molina³

et al. 2008

Developmental Psychobiology

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“…Drinking was spontaneous in the present experiment. Behavioral reactions were videotaped for later analysis, a procedure that has proven extremely valuable in interpreting taste reactions in a variety of species (crustaceans (Steiner & Harpaz, 1987); rats (e.g., Grill & Norgren, 1978); hamsters (Brining, Belecky, & Smith, 1989); nonhuman primates (Steiner & Glaser, 1984); and humans (e.g., Ganchrow, Steiner, & Daher, 1983;Rosenstein & Oster, 1988;Steiner, 1987;.…”

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Behavioral reactions to gustatory stimuli in young chicks (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Ganchrow

Steiner

Bartana

1990

Developmental Psychobiology

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Freely-moving, posthatch chicks were individually presented 2 concentrations each of quinine, citric acid, fructose, sucrose, sodium saccharin, and distilled water and their behavioral reactions were videotaped and analyzed. Already during the first posthatch day distinct rejection responses to quinine and citric acid could be recognized. Prolonged head shaking and beak clapping episodes were the most dominant features of these reactions. While responses to water and sweet stimuli could be interpreted as acceptance behaviors, the resolution was generally not fine enough to discriminate between reactions to the 2 different sweet concentrations of these stimuli or between them and water. When only water or sugar solutions were presented to other hatchlings in a single session, there was a suggestion of more definite acceptance behavior to some sweet stimuli as compared to water. It is concluded that the systems mediating aversive gustatory responses are present and functioning in posthatching chicks while acceptance responses, though present, are less discriminative among stimuli.

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“…These specific affective reactions to differing taste stimuli are strikingly similar across cultures [25,34,36] and species [27,[37][38][39][40], also suggesting a basic biological underpinning for the flavors and foods youngsters prefer and avoid. Thus, when we examine children's dietary patterns from the perspective of the ontogeny of taste development, the foods children naturally prefer are not surprising and reflect their basic biology.…”

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Early Feeding: Setting the Stage for Healthy Eating Habits

Mennella

Ventura²

2011

Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop Series

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Food habits, an integral part of all cultures, have their beginnings during early life. This chapter reviews the development of the senses of taste and smell, which provide information on the flavor of foods, and discusses how children's innate predispositions interact with early-life feeding experiences to form dietary preferences and habits. Young children show heightened preferences for foods that taste sweet and salty and rejection of that which tastes bitter. These innate responses are salient during development since they likely evolved to encourage children to ingest that which is beneficial, containing needed calories or minerals, and to reject that which is harmful. Early childhood is also characterized by plasticity, partially evidenced by a sensitive period during early life when infants exhibit heightened acceptance of the flavors experienced in amniotic fluid and breast milk. While learning also occurs with flavors found in formulae, it is likely that this sensitive period formed to facilitate acceptance of and attraction to the flavors of foods eaten by the mother. A basic understanding of the development and functioning of the chemical senses during early childhood may assist in forming evidence-based strategies to improve children's diets.

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Taste reactivity in the hamster

Cited by 36 publications

References 39 publications

Domperidone interferes with conditioned disgust reactions but not taste avoidance evoked by a LiCl‐paired taste in infant rats

Domperidone interferes with conditioned disgust reactions but not taste avoidance evoked by a LiCl‐paired taste in infant rats

Behavioral reactions to gustatory stimuli in young chicks (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Early Feeding: Setting the Stage for Healthy Eating Habits

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