Effect of nerve transection on taste discrimination
| Task | GLX | CTX | 7THX | Reference2-a |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sucrose vs Maltose2-1002 | None | None | Large | Spector et al., 1997 |
| NaCl vs KClb,c | None1 | Large1,2 | Unknown2-1004 | 1Spector and Grill, 1992; 2St. John et al., 1995, 1997a |
| Expression of an NaCl taste aversion2-e | None1 | None2to Large1 | Large3 | 1Yamamoto et al., 1994b; 2St. John et al., 1997b; 3Spector et al., unpublished observations |
| Expression of Na-specific salt appetite2-1006 | None2 | Moderate1 | Unknown | 1Breslin et al., 1993, 1995; 2Markison et al., 1995 |
| Quinine vs citric acid2-1002 | None | Moderate | Moderate | St. John and Spector, 1997 |
| Quinine vs KCl2-c | None | Moderate | Large | this study |
↵F2-a When more than one reference is listed for a given task, the numbers indicate which reference refers to which result.
↵F2-1002 Conditioned shock avoidance taste discrimination task.
↵F2-c Two-lever operant taste discrimination task.
↵F2-1004 Amiloride, which inhibits a portion of the NaCl-evoked taste activity in the facial nerve (Heck et al., 1984;Brand et al., 1985; Sollars et al., 1997), completely impairs NaCl versus KCl discrimination performance (Spector et al., 1996a).
↵F2-e Taste aversion generalization task. AlthoughSt. John et al. (1997) failed to replicate the severity of CTX-induced deficits in the acquisition of a NaCl CTA seen by Yamamoto et al. (1994b), seventh nerve neurotomy causes profound deficits (Spector et al., unpublished observations).
↵F2-1006 Response of furosemide-injected rats to an array of chloride salts.