One plausible explanation for the controversy that surrounds the causes and clinical
management of obesity is the notion that overeating and obesity may only be a couple of …

Taste memory has been a useful model for studying memory formation; using different
approaches ranging from lesion studies, analysis of receptor and neurotransmitter activity …

Chronic olfactory disorders, including the complete loss of the sense of smell (anosmia), are
common. Using voxel-based morphometry (VBM) in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) …

Ethanol is one of the most widely consumed drugs in the world and prolonged excessive
ethanol intake might lead to alcohol use disorders (AUDs), which are characterized by …

Smell and taste are our most misunderstood senses. Given a choice between losing our
sense of smell and taste, or our senses of sight and hearing, most people nominate the …

Taste neophobia, the rejection of novel tastes or foods, involves an interplay of various brain
regions encompassing areas within the central gustatory system, as well as nuclei serving …

The present study investigated the role of dopamine neurotransmission within the nucleus
accumbens (NAc) in flavor preference learning induced by the postoral consequences of …

Taste memory involves storing information through plasticity changes in the neural network
of taste, including the insular cortex (IC) and ventral tegmental area (VTA), a critical provider …

Rationale Ethanol has rewarding and aversive properties, and the balance of these
properties influences voluntary ethanol consumption. Preclinical and clinical evidence show …

In chickens, the sense of taste plays an important role in detecting nutrients and choosing
feed. The molecular mechanisms underlying the taste-sensing system of chickens are well …