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Protein-free diet flavored with saccharin or salt was presented to rats following a single intragastric administration of a histidine-devoid, but otherwise balanced, amino acid mixture. A control load was paired with the alternate flavor on another day. When they were subsequently given a choice of flavors, the rats preferred the control flavor to the one paired with the deficient load.
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Booth, D.A., Simson, P.C. Taste aversion induced by an histidine-free amino acid load. Psychobiology 2, 349–351 (1974). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333037
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333037