Table 2.

Lick rates (licks/6 s) of taste stimuli in 129 and B6 mice (means ± standard errors)

Solution	Concentration (mM)	129 Strain		B6 Strain
		LiCl (n = 8)	NaCl (n = 7)	LiCl (n = 10)	NaCl (n = 7)
1st Water		27.3 ± 3	30.1 ± 2	32.6 ± 1.2	31.1 ± 1.4
Glycine	100	9.5 ± 2.1a	29.9 ± 2.7	8.6 ± 1.5a	33.9 ± 0.9
L-Tryptophan	30	25.7 ± 5.1	27.4 ± 4.8	29 ± 2.7	31.2 ± 2.2
NaCl	30	27.3 ± 4	31.5 ± 2.5	32.1 ± 1.6	30.5 ± 2.1
L-Alanine	100	14.8 ± 3.3a	33.2 ± 1.7	20 ± 3.6a	32.4 ± 2.1
2nd Water		32 ± 3.6	33.7 ± 1.5	33.3 ± 0.9	31.9 ± 1.8
D-Tryptophan	30	20.4 ± 4.8b	28.1 ± 3.8	7.5 ± 0.8ab	32.7 ± 2.5
HCl	1	25.6 ± 4.5	28.8 ± 2.6	29.4 ± 2	26.9 ± 3
Saccharin	2	6.5 ± 2.1a	30.1 ± 3.5	6.5 ± 1.2a	32.6 ± 1
L-Proline	100	13.1 ± 4.1a	26.6 ± 3.2	20.5 ± 3.8a	30.6 ± 1.5
L-Glutamine	100	9.7 ± 2.4ab	29.1 ± 2.9	25.9 ± 2.9b	30.6 ± 3.2
Sucrose	100	6.4 ± 2.7a	22.3 ± 3.1	9.4 ± 2.1a	34.1 ± 0.7

^aSignificant difference between NaCl- and LiCl-treated groups, P < 0.05 (post hoc t-test).

^bSignificant difference between 129 and B6 strains, P < 0.05 (post hoc t-test).