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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Apr 30.
Published in final edited form as: Epilepsy Behav. 2007 Mar 26;10(3):377–383. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.02.001

Figure 4. Saccharin (A, B) and sucrose (C, D) consumption over twenty-four hour period two and four weeks after rapid kindling.

Figure 4

A. No differences were observed at any age in total fluid (tap water +saccharin) intake among control and experimental groups. B. While naïve and sham animals exhibited strong preference towards saccharin versus tap water, kindled animals exhibited loss of taste preference towards saccharin both 2 and 4 weeks after kindling. C. No differences were observed in total fluid (tap water + sucrose) intake between naïve and sham animals. However, the total volume of consumed fluid was significantly larger in kindled animals. D. Both naïve and sham animals preferred sucrose over tap water. Kindled animals did not show sucrose preference 2 weeks after kindling. However, at four weeks, kindled animals consumed significantly more of sucrose solution as compared to both sham and naïve rats. Data in A and C are presented as Mean±SEM, and on B and D- as Mean. *-p<0.05 vs. both Naïve and sham (One way ANOVA + Bonferroni); †- p<0.05 of per cent of either saccharin or sucrose (bottom bars in the stacks) versus percent of water (top bars in the stacks, T test).