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licking behavior

licking behavior Licking behavior is the rhythmic tongue activity animals use to consume palatable liquids such as sucrose.

Licking behavior is the rhythmic tongue activity animals use to consume palatable liquids such as sucrose. In this source, it is treated as a measurable part of consummatory behavior that can be disrupted or altered by changes in nucleus accumbens D2 neuron activity and its timing.

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Drafting source: Requejo-Mendoza Nikte; Arias-Montaño José-Antonio; Gutierrez Ranier. Nucleus accumbens D2-expressing neurons: Balancing reward and licking disruption through rhythmic optogenetic stimulation. 2025; DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0317605; article XML SHA-256 58ba02d7a3e250d415f423d7c86e534580372527027f109f5e0c515dbda9dc1c. “Nucleus accumbens D2-expressing neurons: Balancing reward and licking disruption through rhythmic optogenetic stimulation” (10.1371/journal.pone.0317605).
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