Figure 2.
Novel taste learning induces a reduction in QR2 mRNA expression in the IC. A, Schematic representation of the novel taste learning paradigm. B, Novel taste learning leads to a significant decrease in QR2 mRNA expression in the IC (control, n = 12; test, n = 10). C, QR2 mRNA expression in the occipital cortex of the animals that underwent the novel taste learning paradigm is unaffected (n = 8). D, mRNA expression of NQO1 was evaluated in the IC in the animals which underwent the novel taste learning paradigm to determine the effect of novel taste learning on the expression of the other primary oxireductase. The results show that novel taste learning has no effect on NQO1 mRNA expression in the IC (n = 8).