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Taste aversion learning in the snail Cornu aspersum
The present study was conducted to provide evidence of conditioned taste aversion learning (CTA) in the snail Cornu aspersum , using quinidine as the...
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Umami Taste Signaling from the Taste Bud to Cortex
Umami is the meaty or savory taste elicited by monosodium glutamate and other amino acids. The presence of these amino acids in foods and beverages...
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Characterization of TMC-1 in C. elegans sodium chemotaxis and sodium conditioned aversion
BackgroundWhile sodium is attractive at low and aversive at high concentrations in most studied species, including Caenorhabditis elegans , the...
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Five-minute exposure to a novel appetitive food substance is sufficient time for a microRNA-dependent long-term memory to form
The Garcia effect is a unique form of conditioned taste aversion which requires that a novel food stimulus be followed sometime later by a sickness...
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Investigating the interactions between multiple memory stores in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis
The pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis exhibits various forms of associative learning including (1) operant conditioning of aerial respiration where snails...
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Taste association capabilities differ in high- and low-yawning rats versus outbred Sprague–Dawley rats after prolonged sugar consumption
Yawning is a stereotypical behavior pattern commonly associated with other behaviors such as grooming, sleepiness, and arousal. Several differences...
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Human-Wildlife Conflict in Golden Monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis kandti) of the Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
Human-wildlife conflict, in particular crop-foraging, challenges conservationists worldwide. Endangered golden monkeys ( Cercopithecus mitis kandti )...
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Umami and MSG
Umami taste was first proposed by Kikunae Ikeda in the early 1900s as the taste of glutamate. His first paper described many basic aspects of umami...
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Conditioned food aversion mediated by odour cue and microencapsulated levamisole to avoid predation by canids
Worldwide, predators and humans are in conflict for resources such as game species or livestock, especially in the case of wild canids. One...
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To eat or not to eat: a Garcia effect in pond snails (Lymnaea stagnalis)
Taste aversion learning is universal. In animals, a single presentation of a novel food substance followed hours later by visceral illness causes...
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The neuroscience of sugars in taste, gut-reward, feeding circuits, and obesity
Throughout the animal kingdom sucrose is one of the most palatable and preferred tastants. From an evolutionary perspective, this is not surprising...
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A distinct D1-MSN subpopulation down-regulates dopamine to promote negative emotional state
Dopamine (DA) level in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) is critical for reward and aversion encoding. DA released from the ventral mesencephalon (VM)...
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Acts of appetite: neural circuits governing the appetitive, consummatory, and terminating phases of feeding
The overconsumption of highly caloric and palatable foods has caused a surge in obesity rates in the past half century, thereby posing a healthcare...
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Imperfect adaptation by freshwater crocodiles to the invasion of a toxic prey species
Novel interactions between invaders and native species that have evolved in their absence may impose strong selective pressures that drive species to...
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A report of short-term aversive conditioning on a wolf documented through telemetry
Predation by large predators on livestock is one of the main concerns in species conservation as it elicits prompt and effective retaliations....
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Plant–plant interaction by Aster leiophyllus affects herbivory by Sika deer, Cervus nippon
Changes in leaf traits in response to plant–plant interactions affect feeding by insect herbivores. However, the effects of such changes on feeding...
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Ulva as potential stimulant and attractant for a valuable sea urchin species: a chemosensory study
The green seaweed Ulva is close to becoming popular due to its suitability as potential feedstock production and for food items. However, there is a...
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Flies Do Not Like Wasabi
Throughout evolution, different organisms have developed a series of strategies to defend themselves from the unwanted attack of their predators;...
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Ants evade harmful food by active abandonment
Invasive ants, such as the Argentine ant, pose a severe economic and ecological threat. Despite advancements in baiting techniques, effectively...
