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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: Physiol Behav. 2007 Apr 1;91(5):620–631. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.03.025

Table 3.

Preferences and avoidance of NaCl and NaLa by 40 strains of mice

Strain NaCl NaLa
 

25 mM 75 mM 225 mM 25 mM 75 mM 225 mM
129S1/SvImJ 67 ± 4 70 ± 4 68 ± 5 64 ± 6 71 ± 4 65 ± 6
A/J 53 ± 3 62 ± 3 46 ± 5 59 ± 3 66 ± 4 58 ± 4
AKR/J 39 ± 4 55 ± 3 30 ± 2 48 ± 3 47 ± 4 39 ± 4
BALB/cByJ 68 ± 4 73 ± 3 60 ± 3 67 ± 3 70 ± 3 72 ± 3
BTBR T+tf/J 67 ± 3 75 ± 3 59 ± 3 64 ± 4 75 ± 3 57 ± 3
BUB/BnJ 62 ± 3 62 ± 3 59 ± 2 67 ± 3 72 ± 3 66 ± 4
C3H/HeJ 59 ± 4 46 ± 4 26 ± 4 54 ± 4 56 ± 6 29 ± 3
C57BL/10J 63 ± 2 71 ± 1 48 ± 2 56 ± 2 70 ± 2 58 ± 4
C57BL/6J 61 ± 2 62 ± 3 47 ± 3 52 ± 3 58 ± 3 47 ± 3
C57BLKS/J 62 ± 1 69 ± 1 63 ± 2 60 ± 2 69 ± 2 64 ± 3
C57BR/cdJ 43 ± 2 47 ± 3 29 ± 2 41 ± 2 43 ± 3 37 ± 3
C57L/J 48 ± 1 54 ± 2 55 ± 2 48 ± 1 51 ± 2 53 ± 2
C58/J 59 ± 7 60 ± 7 33 ± 7 41 ± 7 55 ± 6 27 ± 4
CAST/EiJ 67 ± 1 72 ± 2 69 ± 2 64 ± 1 70 ± 2 63 ± 2
CBA/J 48 ± 5 43 ± 5 28 ± 3 53 ± 4 52 ± 5 38 ± 4
CE/J 59 ± 4 70 ± 5 43 ± 5 59 ± 5 58 ± 7 44 ± 6
CZECHII/EiJ 45 ± 6 56 ± 6 53 ± 6 32 ± 5 50 ± 7 60 ± 8
DBA/2J 50 ± 4 56 ± 3 41 ± 3 49 ± 3 53 ± 4 43 ± 3
FVB/NJ 65 ± 3 79 ± 1 70 ± 2 62 ± 4 76 ± 2 67 ± 2
I/LnJ 51 ± 3 53 ± 3 29 ± 2 56 ± 2 63 ± 2 62 ± 3
JF1/Ms 73 ± 2 68 ± 5 63 ± 4 52 ± 5 62 ± 5 66 ± 5
KK/H1J 69 ± 3 66 ± 4 39 ± 4 55 ± 4 65 ± 5 52 ± 4
LP/J 61 ± 4 57 ± 4 42 ± 4 59 ± 5 67 ± 3 55 ± 5
MA/MyJ 85 ± 2 90 ± 1 66 ± 3 84 ± 1 87 ± 2 72 ± 2
MOLF/EiJ 54 ± 3 46 ± 2 42 ± 2 44 ± 3 40 ± 2 29 ± 2
MSM/MsJ 67 ± 3 65 ± 2 54 ± 3 54 ± 4 63 ± 3 59 ± 3
NOD/LtJ 52 ± 3 56 ± 5 43 ± 3 50 ± 5 54 ± 6 43 ± 5
NON/LtJ 53 ± 3 57 ± 3 51 ± 2 49 ± 3 50 ± 3 51 ± 3
NZB/B1NJ 58 ± 1 63 ± 1 64 ± 1 50 ± 2 59 ± 1 59 ± 1
NZW/LacJ 76 ± 1 82 ± 1 65 ± 2 65 ± 1 77 ± 1 67 ± 2
PERA/EiJ 46 ± 4 36 ± 5 20 ± 2 51 ± 6 38 ± 5 26 ± 4
PL/J 44 ± 4 51 ± 5 40 ± 4 37 ± 4 47 ± 5 43 ± 5
PWK/PhJ 57 ± 5 68 ± 4 67 ± 4 58 ± 5 66 ± 4 71 ± 2
RIIIS/J 61 ± 2 62 ± 1 60 ± 2 61 ± 2 70 ± 3 63 ± 2
SEA/GnJ 53 ± 2 59 ± 3 46 ± 3 54 ± 2 59 ± 2 57 ± 3
SJL/J 61 ± 4 67 ± 4 76 ± 4 59 ± 4 75 ± 3 70 ± 4
SM/J 49 ± 3 48 ± 4 36 ± 3 47 ± 5 49 ± 5 40 ± 4
SPRET/EiJ 64 ± 3 66 ± 3 46 ± 2 59 ± 2 67 ± 3 57 ± 5
SWR/J 68 ± 3 76 ± 3 69 ± 3 69 ± 4 67 ± 5 55 ± 4
WSB/EiJ 36 ± 4 38 ± 3 32 ± 5 37 ± 4 38 ± 4 33 ± 5

Notes. Values are preference scores (%; i.e., sodium solution intake/total fluid intake×100) based on intakes of male and female mice combined.

p<0.01, preference score of strain significantly higher than indifference (50%).

p<0.01, preference score of strain significantly lower than indifference (50%).