AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 264, Issue 2 312-R318, Copyright © 1993 by American Physiological Society

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Lick rate analysis of sodium taste-state combinations

P. A. Breslin, J. M. Kaplan, A. C. Spector, C. M. Zambito and H. J. Grill
Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.

The combined effects of taste and physiological state on lick rate for NaCl were systematically evaluated in two experiments. In experiment 1 the lick rates of six groups of rats (Sprague-Dawley) were recorded during the first 3 min of a NaCl drinking bout, where each group received a different concentration. Half of the rats were depleted by injections of the diuretic-natriuretic furosemide (10 mg ip), whereas the other half were not. The inverted U-shaped concentration-response functions for sodium-replete rats peaked approximately at isotonicity. The replete lick rate function was uniformly elevated for rats examined in the sodium-depleted state. In experiment 2 each rat received access to all six solutions within a 40-min test session. Rats were tested twice, once in positive and once in negative sodium balance. The solutions were repeatedly presented in counterbalanced order in a series of 10-s exposures. The replete and deplete functions of the within-group study closely resembled those of the between-group study. When the deplete rats' function was divided into three segments coinciding with the beginning, middle, and end of the 40-min session, the functions were shifted down vertically but retained their shape. In general, sodium-state level dramatically affected the absolute lick rates but did not appear to shift the location of the concentration-response function along the horizontal (i.e., concentration) axis. The form of the function appears to have been determined by oral factors alone.

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