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. 1983 May;79(1):245–253. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1983.tb10518.x

Characteristics of conditioned taste aversion produced by nicotine in rats.

R Kumar, J A Pratt, I P Stolerman
PMCID: PMC2044849  PMID: 6135477

Abstract

1 Nicotine produced conditioned taste aversions in rats which were directly related to the dose of nicotine and to the number of conditioning trials. 2 The tobacco alkaloid (-)-nicotine was four to five times as potent as its stereoisomer, (+)-nicotine. 3 Mecamylamine but not hexamethonium blocked the development of taste aversions produced by nicotine. 4 Mecamylamine did not block the development of taste aversions produced by apomorphine. 5 Prolonged treatment with mecamylamine prior to conditioning did not produce supersensitivity to nicotine.

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