Patricia M. Di Lorenzo

The paper investigates how the parabrachial nucleus (PbN) in rats responds to liquid taste stimuli and solid foods, finding that PbN responses to liquids are not predictive of responses to solids and that odorants also elicit responses.

This study records single-cell electrophysiological responses in the rostral nucleus tractus solitarius (rNTS) of awake rats during food exploration and licking, showing distinct activity patterns during appetitive and consummatory phases of eating.

This study enhances GABAergic tone in the rNTS of rats to show it reconfigures neural activity related to taste and licking behavior, improving discrimination of palatable vs. unpalatable tastants.

This study examines how obesity affects taste response patterns in the nucleus of the solitary tract in rats, finding reduced but more frequent responses in obese rats.