Obesity is an escalating global chronic disease. Bariatric surgery is a very efficacious
treatment for obesity and its comorbidities. Alterations to gastrointestinal anatomy during …

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 …

An organism's behavioral decisions often depend upon the relative strength of appetitive
and aversive sensory stimuli, the relative sensitivity to which can be modified by internal …

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 …

A remarkable amount of information has emerged in the past decade regarding sweet taste
physiology. This article reviews these data, with a particular focus on the elucidation of the …

Five fundamental taste qualities (sweet, bitter, salty, sour, umami) are sensed by dedicated
taste cells (TCs) that relay quality information to gustatory nerve fibers. In peripheral taste …

Premature obesity-related mortality is caused by cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases,
type 2 diabetes mellitus, physical disabilities, osteoarthritis, and certain types of cancer …

We explored genetic influences on the perception of taste and smell stimuli. Adult twins
rated the chemosensory aspects of water, sucrose, sodium chloride, citric acid, ethanol …

Sixty-five percent of Americans are over-weight. While the neuroendocrine controls of
energy homeostasis are well known, how sensory systems respond to and are impacted by …

Taste is one of our five primary senses, along with smell, sight, hearing, and touch. The
ability to taste is of utmost importance to our well-being and survival; tasting has historically …