Schwartz G J, Grill H J
Appetite. 1985 Dec;6(4):373-86. doi: 10.1016/s0195-6663(85)80005-2.
Both rat pup and adult emit discriminative responses to taste stimuli. Similarities and differences in taste-elicited behaviors exist, yet it is too early to fully compare pup and adult behavior, since much data remains to be collected. We have proposed a set of criteria which permit a comparison of the neural substrates of taste-elicited behaviors common to both pup and adult. Application of these criteria to existing data reveal that some components of the adult response to tastes are indeed present in the pup. However, if these criteria are to shed light on the neural organization of taste-elicited behavior, tests and measures must be made more comparable, and it is our hope that these criteria will guide further experimentation.
大鼠幼崽和成年大鼠都会对味觉刺激做出辨别反应。味觉引发的行为存在异同之处，但由于仍有大量数据有待收集，现在全面比较幼崽和成年大鼠的行为还为时过早。我们已经提出了一套标准，用以比较幼崽和成年大鼠共有的味觉引发行为的神经基质。将这些标准应用于现有数据后发现，成年大鼠对味觉反应的某些成分在幼崽中确实存在。然而，要想这些标准有助于阐明味觉引发行为的神经组织，测试和测量方法必须更具可比性，我们希望这些标准能为进一步的实验提供指导。
