Chronic OE inflammation impairs consummatory behaviors. (A) There was no difference in total fluid intake between the IOI mice and controls. p = 0.5498, t = 0.6141, df = 13 determined by Student’s t-test. (B) IOI mice showed impaired consummatory behaviors reflected by decreased sucrose consumption when given a choice between 1.5 % sucrose and water. ***p = 0.0001, t = 5.326, df = 13 determined by Student’s t-test. IOI, n = 8 (7 male, 1 female); Control, n = 7 (6 male, 1 female). Data are presented as the mean ± SEM.