Restricted Research - Award List, Note/Discussion Page
Fiscal Year: 2023
2442 The University of Texas at San Antonio (144330)
Principal Investigator: Macpherson,Lindsey
Total Amount of Contract, Award, or Gift (Annual before 2011): $ 80,000
Exceeds $250,000 (Is it flagged?): No
Start and End Dates: 6/1/19 - 9/1/21
Restricted Research: YES
Academic Discipline: Neurosciences
Department, Center, School, or Institute: NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE
Title of Contract, Award, or Gift: Visualizing chemosensory connectivity: getting a "GRASP" on taste synapses in the tongue and gut - BRFSG-2019-02
Name of Granting or Contracting Agency/Entity:
Brain Research Foundation
Program Title: none
Note:
SAMS 1.1.1 The first goal of the research project is to develop tools to visualize the connections between taste receptor cells and the neurons that innervate them. Using these tools, I plan to directly assess the specificity of taste synapses, and genetically identify subsets of gustatory neurons that relay sweet, bitter, or sour taste signals. Because of the similarities between taste receptor cells and chemosensory cells in the gut, I plan to expand these studies in future to probe the connectivity of gut chemosensory circuits, to contribute molecular insights to the emerging field of gut-brain communication.
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