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Psychology, Biological
Shaoyi Su, Zimo Wei, Helai Huang, Tomohiko Yoshizawa, Tadashi Inui, Makoto Funahashi
Summary: This study aims to investigate the effects of cisplatin and emetine on conditioned taste aversion and demonstrates it using a taste reactivity test in rats. It is found that the readministration of saccharin after gustatory conditioning with cisplatin or emetine induces gaping reactions. The study shows that cisplatin and emetine can induce taste aversion, and it is also observed that gaping reactions almost never occur with intraperitoneal injections of emetine alone.
PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR
(2023)
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Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Di Wang, Qingchen Guo, Di Liu, Xiang-Xi Kong, Zheng Xu, Yu Zhou, Yan Su, Feng Dai, Hai-Lei Ding, Jun-Li Cao
Summary: The study investigated the relationship between burst-suppression latency (BSL) and burst-suppression ratio (BSR) in determining the onset of deep anesthesia in mice. Findings suggest a negative correlation between BSL and BSR, with occipital EEG recordings recommended as optimal for monitoring burst-suppression during isoflurane anesthesia alone or in combination with anesthetics or adjuvant drugs.
FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
(2021)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Fuminori Kawabata, Yuta Yoshida, Yuki Inoue, Yuko Kawabata, Shotaro Nishimura, Shoji Tabata
Summary: The study shows that chickens have a functional fatty acid taste receptor, GPR120, in their oral tissues, but they do not prefer oleic acid solution. Chickens are able to perceive the taste of oleic acid solution, but do not selectively ingest it.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Dai Hatakeyama, Nozomi Chikamoto, Kanta Fujimoto, Takashi Kitahashi, Etsuro Ito
Summary: In this study, the authors compared the results of single-cell qPCR using different quantification and reverse transcription methods. They found that the relative and absolute quantification methods had similar efficacy and validity, but the reverse transcription step significantly influenced mRNA quantification results.
Review
Ecology
Thom van Dooren, Catherine J. Price, Peter B. Banks, Oded Berger-Tal, Matthew Chrulew, Jane Johnson, Gabrielle Lajeunesse, Kate E. Lynch, Clare McArthur, Finn C. G. Parker, Myles Oakey, Benjamin J. Pitcher, Colleen Cassady St Clair, Georgia Ward-Fear, Sam Widin, Bob B. M. Wong, Daniel T. Blumstein
Summary: Conservation behaviour is a growing field that applies insights from animal behaviour study to tackle wildlife conservation and management challenges. It aims to manage specific behaviours of a species to address conservation issues in a less harmful way. However, ethical considerations need to be taken into account when intervening in animal behaviour for conservation purposes. A framework and decision support tool are developed to help managers and researchers evaluate the ethical implications of conservation behaviour interventions compared to other options.
TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2023)
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Behavioral Sciences
Jonas Yde Junge, Glenn Hjorth Andersen, Ulla Kidmose
Summary: This study investigates the mechanisms of taste interactions and finds that citric acid suppresses the sweetness of sucrose, providing strong evidence for a central mechanism of this suppression.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Hiroki Toyoda, Ayano Katagiri, Takafumi Kato, Hajime Sato
Summary: Intranasal administration of rotenone impairs conditioned taste aversion memory in mice by decreasing GABAergic synaptic transmission and causing LTD impairment.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Akshay Shanker, John H. Abel, Gabriel Schamberg, Emery N. Brown
Summary: The burst-suppression EEG patterns, characterized by intermittent high-power broad-spectrum oscillations alternating with isoelectricity, have been observed in the human brain during general anesthesia, hypothermia, coma and early infantile encephalopathy. Recent research suggests that these patterns may have effects on the brain and could be used as a therapeutic tool. Monitoring and controlling burst suppression remains a technical challenge.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Huiling Sun, Jinrong Li, Junbao Yan, Bo Sun, Xiaojing Wei, Lin Song, Jianqun Yan
Summary: The absence of dopamine D3 receptors decreases sweet-taste sensitivity and alters the mRNA expression levels of taste-related molecules in mice.
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Ivonne Cassaigne, Ron Thompson, Richard McKenna, Rodrigo A. Medellin, William Given, Francisco Remolina, Rodrigo Nunez, Diego Woolrich, Fernando Luna
Summary: This study successfully induced conditioned taste aversion in six captive jaguars using Thiabendazole (TBZ), providing an important tool to reduce livestock predation and protect this endangered species.
APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Matias Lopez, Dominic M. Dwyer, Azucena Begega, Claudia Jove, Esther Alcorta
Summary: Two experiments were conducted to examine the hedonic responses in taste-potentiated odor aversion phenomenon. The results showed that the taste-mediated potentiation of odor aversion conditioning leads to increased negative evaluation and affects consumption behavior.
BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES
(2023)
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Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Samuel Orubu, Richard A. Kendall, Yucheng Sheng, Catherine Tuleu
Summary: This study evaluated the taste-masking ability of milk in drug administration. It was found that milk could mask the taste of zinc sulfate in a mannitol-based formulation but not the taste of paracetamol. Samples without grittiness were more likely to be accepted as medicine.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Indra R. Bishnoi, Caylen J. Cloutier, Cashmeira-Dove Tyson, Vangel M. Matic, Martin Kavaliers, Klaus -Peter Ossenkopp
Summary: This article reviews the effects of immune activation, primarily via LPS, on learning and memory, including the impact on fear and disgust responses and taste and place-related conditioned disgust memory. The central role of immune activation, particularly pro-inflammatory cytokine activity, in these effects is highlighted.
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
(2022)
Article
Biology
Junko Nakai, Kengo Namiki, Kanta Fujimoto, Dai Hatakeyama, Etsuro Ito
Summary: Food deprivation activates FOXO and enhances learning ability in snails. The insulin signaling pathway plays an important role in CTA learning, but the administration of insulin may affect the localization of LymFOXO.
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Behavioral Sciences
Lucia E. Grijalva, Maria Miranda, Raul G. Paredes
Summary: The conditioning taste aversion (CTA) paradigm is used to study memory formation in animals, revealing differences between aversive and appetitive memories. Aversive memory formation induces structural and synaptic changes, while appetitive memory formation only induces synaptic changes, indicating that different cortical and amygdala plastic changes are required for aversive and appetitive memories.
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2021)