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Progressive-ratio Responding for Palatable High-fat and High-sugar Food in Mice

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Published on: May 3, 2012

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Tae-Min Rhee¹, Joo Myung Lee, Ki Hong Choi

¹Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Heart Vascular Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Heart Vascular Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Center, Chosun University Hospital, University of Chosun College of Medicine, Gwangju, Korea Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Heart Vascular Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, jyhahn@skku.edu, ichjy1@gmail.com.

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