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2776420

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-10-18
pubmed:abstractText
To control and observe first feeding experiences, pups were reared without access to food. At weaning age, individual pups received simultaneous access to a palatable, noncaloric diet and a similar diet containing starch. Each diet contained a flavor cue. Within 20 min of sampling both diets pups preferentially ingested the caloric alternative. Further tests indicated that pups learned a preference for flavor cues paired specifically with ingestion of starch. In caloric discrimination tests in which the diets were not distinguished by artificial flavors, pups did not show the rapid preference for the caloric diet seen in earlier experiments. We suggest that recognition and preference for the caloric diet is based on its rapid postingestive effects rather than readily preferred sensory features of the starch. Our findings demonstrate the abilities of individual, food-naive pups to rapidly recognize food and indicate a role for associative learning in the onset of independent feeding.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0735-7036
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
103
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
243-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Recognition of food by individual, food-naive, weaning rats (Rattus norvegicus).
pubmed:affiliation
Indiana University.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.