Metrazol produces conditioned taste aversion in rats

Psychopharmacology (Berl). 1980;68(3):257-9. doi: 10.1007/BF00428112.

Abstract

Employing a two bottle drinking procedure where an animal's preference is measured between plain water and a novel fluid, it was found that the convulsant drug Metrazol produced a conditioned taste aversion to saccharin. This finding is contrary to that of previous reports and highlights the sensitivity of the two bottle method in detecting a taste aversion.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Avoidance Learning / drug effects*
  • Conditioning, Operant / drug effects*
  • Drinking Behavior / drug effects
  • Male
  • Pentylenetetrazole / pharmacology*
  • Rats
  • Saccharin / pharmacology
  • Taste / drug effects

Substances

  • Saccharin
  • Pentylenetetrazole