Restriction of dietary protein leads to conditioned protein preference and elevated palatability of protein-containing food in rats.
Michelle Murphy, Kate Zara Peters, Bethany S. Denton, Kathryn A. Lee, Heramb Chadchankar, James E. McCutcheon
This study shows that protein-restricted rats develop a preference for protein-containing food and show increased palatability of protein compared to carbohydrate.
Physiology & Behavior · Dec 8, 2017Peer-reviewedNeuroscience