An attraction for palatable foods rich in lipids is shared by rodents and humans. Over the last
decade, the mechanisms responsible for this specific eating behavior have been actively …

Obesity develops when energy intake exceeds energy expenditure over time. Numerous
neurotransmitters, hormones, and factors have been implicated to coordinately control …

The tongue is a complex multifunctional organ that interacts and senses both interoceptively
and exteroceptively. Although it is easily visible to almost all of us, it is relatively …

Levels of obesity have reached epidemic proportions on a global scale, which has led to
considerable increases in health problems and increased risk of several diseases, including …

It is well known that taste perception influences food intake. After ingestion, gustatory
receptors relay sensory signals to the brain, which segregates, evaluates, and distinguishes …

Gut microbiota has emerged as a major metabolically active organ with critical functions in
both health and disease. The trillions of microorganisms hosted by the gastrointestinal tract …

The gustatory system plays a critical role in determining food preferences and food intake, in
addition to nutritive, energy and electrolyte balance. Fine tuning of the gustatory system is …

Recent advances in the field of taste physiology have clarified the role of different basic taste
modalities and their implications in health and disease and proposed emphatically that there …

The salivary proteome consists of thousands of proteins, which include, among others,
hormonal modulators of energy intake and output. Although the functions of this prominent …

Introduction: Much research demonstrates the feasibility and efficacy of gene transfer to
salivary glands. Recently, the first clinical trial targeting a salivary gland was completed …