ZUCKER, IRVING. Short-term salt preference of potassium-deprived rats. Am. J. Physiol. 208(6) : 1071-1074. I g65.-Shortterm selection of salts was studied in young rats maintained on a potassium-free diet. When offered a choice between a KC1 solution and one of five NaCl solutions, these animals showed a greater preference than controls for four of the five NaCl solutions. Moreover, they prefer...