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A solution containing glucose and sodium chloride proved highly palatable to rats and in the majority of cases was preferred during food deprivation over a calorically equivalent solution containing saccharin and glucose.
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Supported by National Institute of Mental Health Research Grant M-4529 and National Aeronautics and Space Administration Grant NGL 36-005 to Elliot S. Valenstein.
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Cox, V.C. Consumption of a combined glucose-NaCl solution during normal and food deprivation conditions. Psychon Sci 20, 300–301 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329078
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