Taste difference thresholds for monosodium glutamate and sodium chloride in pigtail macaques (Macaca nemestrina) and spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)

• Published in: American journal of primatology Vol. 70; no. 9; pp. 839 - 847
• Main Authors: Laska, Matthias, Persson Suorra, Josefin, Bautista, Rosa Mariela Rivas, Hernandez Salazar, Laura Teresa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.09.2008
• Subjects: Animals; Atelinae - physiology; Comparative analysis; Diet; Experiments; Female; Macaca nemestrina - physiology; Male; monosodium glutamate; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; Physical anthropology; pigtail macaques; Primates; Primatology; Sodium Chloride; Sodium Glutamate; Species Specificity; spider monkeys; Taste; taste difference thresholds; Taste Threshold - physiology

The purpose of this study was to determine taste difference thresholds for monosodium glutamate (MSG) and sodium chloride (NaCl) in pigtail macaques (Macaca nemestrina) and spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi). Using a two‐bottle preference test of brief duration, three animals of each species were pre...