Taste control experiments show that the increase in alcohol intake in mice with CeA 14-3-3ζ knockdown is not secondary to altered taste sensitivity.

<p>Control mice and mice with CeA 14-3-3ζ knockdown showed equal intake of solutions containing <i>A</i> the caloric sweet tastant sucrose and <i>B</i> the non-caloric sweet tastant saccharin. <i>C</i> Aversion for the bitter tastant quinine was also not different between controls and mice with CeA 14-3-3ζ knockdown.