Dr. Alan Spector

Neural basis of gustation, animal psychophysics, sensory processes, regulation of ingestive behavior, taste preferences and aversions.

• Assessment of taste function in mice with genetic deletions of taste receptors.
• Analysis of alterations in taste function and ingestive behavior associated with gastric bypass surgery.
• Evaluation of taste function following targeted damage in central gustatory structures.
• Analysis of taste function and feeding following transection and regeneration of gustatory nerves.