Control of ingestion by oral habituation in rat pups.
Published
Journal Article
The role of habituation of mouthing activity in the control of ingestion was investigated in 6-, 12-, and 18-day-old rat pups. In pups at all ages, oral habituation to a flavored diet inhibited ingestion of a continuous oral infusion of that same diet. Twelve-day-old pups that had orally habituated to a diet continued to consume less of a continuous oral infusion of that diet both 30 min and 3 hr later, and the duration of suppressed ingestion was shown to be dependent on the rate of stimulus presentation during habituation experience. These data suggest that oral habituation may be a diet-specific influence on both intra- and intermeal patterning.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Swithers-Mulvey, SE; Hall, WG
Published Date
- August 1992
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 106 / 4
Start / End Page
- 710 - 717
PubMed ID
- 1503662
Pubmed Central ID
- 1503662
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1939-0084
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0735-7044
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1037//0735-7044.106.4.710
Language
- eng