The John B Pierce Laboratory Inc

Programs: Conducting over thirty separate research programs as follows: description activity total somatosensory factors in human taste and 163 414,522flavor perceptioncognitive & affective influences on taste 192 582,834processinghigh-speed wide field fluorescent imaging 220 580,673of cortex in freely moving animals the role of the amygdala in weight gain 225 9,300susceptibilitybulbar maps to retronasal smell by optical 232 139,019calcium imaging and fmri in acute rat fuel utilization & flavor preference 238 15,914formationperception of flavor quality: multi-sensory 239 297,265and cognitive processesnicotinic acetylcholine receptor mediated 241 15,839bitter taste transductiongenetically-encoded voltage probe development243 302,760detection of dashi in the gastrointestinal 244 6,744tract and the control of caloric intake the gut-brain axis: a novel target for 249 798,966treating behavioral alterations in obesity menthol's effects on the nicotine 250 27,913reinforcement in smokers flavors and e-cigarette effects in 251 29,721adolescent smokers effects of mild dehydration on mental state 252 2,327a role for lipoprotein lipase in mesolimbic 253 3,273function neural mechanism of obesity in chronic 255 30,587low back paindevelopment of protein-based voltage probes 258 313,127 yale start-up funds 259 28,107flavor sweetness in e-cigs 260 91,177the role of vagal afferent neurons in 261 235,395regulating feeding behavior neural circuitry of sweet taste 262 254,861bioluminescent neuronal activity indicators 263 514,938effects of daily hydration status on 264 122,814mental state in young women effects of duavee(tm)(pfizer, inc. ) on 265 50,416 reproductive hormones & ovarian & uterinemorphology in pre-menopausal women development of protein-based voltage probes 266 98,252 (admin. Supplement to grant 258)olfactory navigation: dynamic computing in 267 281,348the natural environment endothelial function in adrogen excess 269 43,493polycystic ovary syndrome:effects of estrogen treatment multimodal flavor integration & retronasal 270 209,642olfaction in the mouse xivth little brain big brain meeting 271 13,500microbiome-vagal-brain signaling: impact on 272 6,218the reward system & food intake genetically encoded localization modules for 273 34,138targeting activity probes to specific subcellcular sites in brain neurons acute cv stressors to determine preeclampsia 274 16,555risk other 1,056,984 total 6,628,622