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After two weeks habituation to capsaicinized food, rats prefer this to plain food.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  2093168     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In a first series of experiments rats were accustomed for two weeks to eat chow with capsaicin (250 micrograms: 1 g of food). After this habituation period, when free to choose, 3 rats out of 4 preferred eating the piquant chow. In a second series of experiments the rats had access to a choice of chows without any habituation period. In this series, the choice between piquant and nonpiquant chow showed that 4 rats out of 5 preferred to eat the chow without capsaicin. The present experiment shows that the piquant chow eaten by rats produced a fall in rectal temperature 48 h later. The present experiment provides some evidence that rats accustomed to eat piquant food manifested, when free to choose, a preference for an innately unpalatable piquant chow.
Authors:
B Dib
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior     Volume:  37     ISSN:  0091-3057     ISO Abbreviation:  Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav.     Publication Date:  1990 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1991-06-17     Completed Date:  1991-06-17     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0367050     Medline TA:  Pharmacol Biochem Behav     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  649-53     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Université Claude Bernard, Laboratoire de Physiologie A, Faculté de Médecine Grange Blanche, Lyon, France.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Body Temperature / drug effects
Body Weight / drug effects
Capsaicin / pharmacology*
Drinking / drug effects
Food Preferences / drug effects*
Habituation, Psychophysiologic
Male
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
404-86-4/Capsaicin

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