ArticleChemical senses2015
A new gustometer for taste testing in rodents.
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- Neural Processing of Taste-Related Signals in the Mediodorsal Thalamus of Mice.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Addition of low sodium does not increase sensitivity to glucose in wild-type mice, or lead to partial glucose taste detection in T1R3 knock-out mice.Physiology & behavior · 2024Article
- Protocol guide for food foraging behavior test: Assessment of decision making in rodents.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Escalation of alcohol intake is associated with regionally decreased insular cortex activity but not changes in taste quality.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2023Article
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- Chemospecific deficits in taste sensitivity following bilateral or right hemispheric gustatory cortex lesions in rats.The Journal of comparative neurology · 2020Article
- Masking the Detection of Taste Stimuli in Rats: NaCl and Sucrose.Chemical senses · 2020Article
- Rats are unable to discriminate quinine from diverse bitter stimuli.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2019Article
- Bitter-Induced Salivary Proteins Increase Detection Threshold of Quinine, But Not Sucrose.Chemical senses · 2019Article
- T1R2+T1R3-independent chemosensory inputs contributing to behavioral discrimination of sugars in mice.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2019Article
- Conditioned taste aversion versus avoidance: A re-examination of the separate processes hypothesis.PloS one · 2019Article
- Taste sensitivity to a mixture of monosodium glutamate and inosine 5'-monophosphate by mice lacking both subunits of the T1R1+T1R3 amino acid receptor.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2018Article
- Behavioral evidence that select carbohydrate stimuli activate T1R-independent receptor mechanisms.Appetite · 2018Article
- Detection of maltodextrin and its discrimination from sucrose are independent of the T1R2 + T1R3 heterodimer.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2017Article
- An Examination of the Role of L-Glutamate and Inosine 5'-Monophosphate in Hedonic Taste-Guided Behavior by Mice Lacking the T1R1 + T1R3 Receptor.Chemical senses · 2017Article
- Measurement of Behavioral Taste Responses in Mice: Two-Bottle Preference, Lickometer, and Conditioned Taste-Aversion Tests.Current protocols in mouse biology · 2016Article
- Behavioral Evidence for More than One Taste Signaling Pathway for Sugars in Rats.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2016Article
- Frequency-Amplitude Cross Interaction during Pulsatile Taste Delivery Using Gustometers.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2016Article
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Abstract
In recent years, to circumvent the interpretive limitations associated with intake tests commonly used to assess taste function in rodents, investigators have developed devices called gustometers to deliver small volumes of taste samples and measure immediate responses, thereby increasing confidence that the behavior of the animal is under orosensory control. Most of these gustometers can be used to measure unconditioned licking behavior to stimuli presented for short durations and/or can be used to train the animal to respond to various fluid stimuli differentially so as to obtain a reward and/or avoid punishment. Psychometric sensitivity and discrimination functions can thus be derived. Here, we describe a new gustometer design, successfully used in behavioral experiments, that was guided by our experience with an older version used for over 2 decades. The new computer-controlled gustometer features no dead space in stimulus delivery lines, effective cleaning of the licking substrate, and the ability to measure licking without passing electrical current through the animal. The parts and dimensions are detailed, and the benefits and limitations of certain design features are discussed. Schematics for key circuits are provided as supplemental information. Accordingly, it should be possible to fabricate this device in a fashion customized for one's needs.
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