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在老鼠中,对马尔托德克斯特林溶液的味觉和嗅觉引导反应
Elizabeth A Hamel1, Ginger D Blonde1, Ellie Williams1
1Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
概括
小鼠需要完整的味觉神经才能正常对常见的食品成分马尔托德克斯做出反应. 虽然小鼠可以通过嗅觉来检测马尔托德克斯特林,但味道信号对于它们的偏好至关重要.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 感官生物学 感官生物学
- 品味 味道 味道 味道 味道
背景情况:
- 马尔托德克斯在食品生产中被广泛使用,但通常被认为是无味无味的.
- 以前的研究表明,像马尔托德克斯一样的寡糖类可能会引起独特的口腔感知,与人类和动物的基本口味不同.
- 缺乏特定味觉受体子单元 (T1R2 + T1R3) 的小鼠表现出糖的反应性降低,但保持了马尔托德素的偏好,这表明涉及非甜味味道.
研究的目的:
- 研究味觉 (味觉) 信号在调解小鼠对马尔托德克斯的行为反应中的作用.
- 为了确定味觉是否对于对马尔托德克斯和糖糖的正常反应是必要的.
- 探索味觉神经对马尔托德素反应的贡献,独立于后刺激因素.
主要方法:
- 在野生型 (WT) 和T1R3淘汰 (KO) 鼠身上进行了舌头口味神经切割 (NX).
- 在禁食后,小鼠进行了简短的接入测试,以评估对马尔托德 (Maltrin) 和糖的度依赖反应.
- 一个后续实验使用了Go/No-Go任务来评估嗅觉检测马尔托德素挥发物.
主要成果:
- 在小鼠中,神经切割 (NX) 显著削弱了对马尔托德素和糖糖的咬反应.
- NX小鼠开始使用马尔托德克斯的试验较少,这表明反应能力降低.
- 虽然KO小鼠表现出一些糖的 (可能来自于味道营养学习),NX取消了这种反应,证实了口味输入的必要性.
结论:
- 完整的耳和/或耳神经对于小鼠对马尔托德克斯和糖溶液的正常摄入行为至关重要.
- 味觉信号对对马尔托德克斯特林的快乐反应有显著的贡献.
- 小鼠可以通过嗅觉线索检测马尔托德素,这可能有助于调味营养条件,但味道是首要的无条件偏好驱动器.
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