Acquired protein appetite in rats: Dependence on a protein-specific need state
- 1 September 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
- Vol. 42 (9), 1003-1004
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01940706
Abstract
Rats are shown to acquire a preference for protein-predictive olfactory cues which depends on a state of mild deficit in protein intake—i.e. a learned protein-specific appetite.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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