Curriculum Vitae

Alan C Spector

January 27, 2025

General Information

University address:	Program in Neuroscience
Department of Psychology
College of Arts and Sciences
Psychology Department Building B0334
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4301
Phone: 850-645-7883; Fax: 850-644-7739

E-mail address:	aspector@fsu.edu
	spector@psy.fsu.edu

Web site:	http://www.neuro.fsu.edu/faculty/spector/

Professional Preparation

1984	Ph.D., Florida State University. Major: Psychology. 

1981	M.S., Florida State University. Major: Psychology. 

1977	B.S., Pennsylvania State University. Major: Psychology. 

Nondegree Education and Training

1984–1988	Psychobiology, University of Pennsylvania. 

Professional Experience

2015–present	Distinguished Research Professor, Psychology, Florida State University. 

2007–present	Professor, Psychology, Florida State University. 

1999–2007	Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Florida. 

1998–2007	Assistant Director, Center for Smell and Taste, University of Florida. 

1994–1999	Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Florida. 

1990–1994	Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Florida. 

1989–1990	Research Assistant Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Human Communication, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. 

1988–1990	Research Associate, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania. 

Visiting Professorship(s)

2022	Guest Professor, University of Zurich. 

2015	Guest Professor, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH Zurich), Zurich, Switzerland. 

Honors, Awards, and Prizes

2023 Max Mozell Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Chemical Senses, Association for Chemoreception Sciences (2023). ($2,000). 
James C. Smith Lecturer, Deaprtment of psychology and Program in Nueroscience, Florida State University (2016). ($1,000). 
Distinguished Research Professor Award, Florida State University (2015). ($10,000). 
Hoebel Award for Creativity, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (2014). ($750). 
Thesis Opponent, Department of Clincal Neurosciences, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (2001). 
University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship (2001-2003), University of Florida Research Foundation (2001). 
Doctoral Graduate Award of Distinction, Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University (1998). 
1995-1999 Public Health Service Research Career Development Award (K04), National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (1995). 
Ajinomoto Award for Research in Taste, Association for Chemoreception Sciences (1995). 
Teaching Incentive Program Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, University of Florida (1993). 
Finalist, James R. Fischer Student Paper Competition, Society of Sigma Xi, Florida State University Chapter (1984). 
Membership, Society of Sigma Xi (1982). 
Membership, Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society (1981). 

Elected Fellow Status

Elected as a Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (2012).
Elected as a Fellow of American Psychological Association (2005).
Elected as a Fellow of Division 6, American Psychological Association (2005).
Elected as a Fellow of American Psychological Society (2003).

Fellowship(s)

Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Research Service Award (F32), University of Pennsylvania (1987–1988).
MacArthur Node Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania (1985–1986).
Postdoctoral Traineeship, NRSA (T32), Institute for Neurological Sciences, University of Pennsylvania (1984–1985).
State of Florida Psychobiology Fellowship (1979–1983).

Current Membership in Professional Organizations

American Association for the Advancement of Science 
Association for Chemoreception Sciences 
Association for Psychological Science 
Society for Neuroscience 
Society for the Study of Ingestive behavior 

Teaching

Courses Taught

Chemosensory Tutorial (PSY6919)
Individual Research Study (PSY5900)
Research Topics (PSY4920)
Directed Individual Study (BSC4900)
Directed Individual Study (PSY5908)
Working Memory (PSY4039)
Introduction to Brain and Behavior (PSB2000)
Taste and Ingestive Behavior (BSC4901)
Animal Psychophysics (EXP5717)
Preliminary Examination Preparation (PSY6656)
Neuroscience Methods (PSB5057)
Neuroscience Methods (PSB4400)
Honors: Introduction to Brain and Behavior (PSB2000)
TASTE RESEARCH (BSC4900)
Taste Research (PSY4920)
GUSTATION (BSC4900)
Honors Advanced Research Topics (PSY4915)
Special Topics in Psychology (PSY4930)
The Science of Taste and Smell (PSY-4930)
Grant Writing in the Neurobehavioral Sciences (University of Florida) (PSB-7248)
Chemical Senses and Behavior (university of Florida) (PSB-4654)
Neurobehavioral Relations: Animal Psychophysics (University of Florida) (PSB7248)
Introduction to Physiological Psychology (University of Florida) (PSB-3004)
General Psychology (University of Florida) (PSY-2012)
Biological Psychology of Motivation (University of Florida) (PSB-4934)
Neurobehavioral Relations: The Organziation of Learning (University of Florida) (PSB-7248)
Survey of Physiological and Comparative Psychology (University of Florida) (PSB-6099)
Biological Psychology of Motivation (PSY127)
Introduction to Experimental Psychology (University of Pennsylvania) (PSY-1)

Doctoral Committee Chair

Hamel, E. A., graduate. (2023).
Blonde, G. D., graduate. (2021).
Hyde, K., graduate. (2021).
Bales, M., graduate. (2018).
Smith, K. R., graduate. (2015).
Treesukosol, Y., graduate. (2010).
Dotson, C. D., graduate. (2006). [University of Florida]
Grobe, C. L., graduate. (2006). [University of Florida]
Geran, L. C., graduate. (2003). [University of Florida]
Markison, S., graduate. (1998). [University of Florida]
St John, S. J., graduate. (1997). [University of Florida]
Nisi Pasquariello, A. V., doctoral candidate. 

Doctoral Committee Member

Bouaichi, C., graduate. (2024).
Shaughnessy, D., graduate. (2023).
Terrill, S., graduate. (2019).
Loney, G. C., graduate. (2014).
Breza, J. M., graduate. (2011).
Mazzini, G., doctoral candidate.  [University of Zurich: I am serving as the external member]
Marques, M., doctoral candidate. 
Joyner, S., doctoral student. 
Gaines, D., doctoral student. 

Master's Committee Chair

Hamel, E. A., graduate. (2020).
Hyde, K., graduate. (2016). Liraglutide-induced intake suppression competes with an intake-promoting cafeteria diet, but has no effect on relative intake of specific foods or macronutrients. 
Bales, M., graduate. (2015).
Treesukosol, Y., graduate. (2007). [University of Florida]
Blonde, G., graduate. (2006). [University of Florida]
Kopka, S. L., graduate. (2001). [University of Florida]
Geran, L. C., graduate. (2000). [University of Florida]
Klumpp, P. A., graduate. (1995). [University of Florida]

Master's Committee Member

Terrill, S., graduate. (2014).

Supervision of Student Research Not Related to Thesis or Dissertation

Hanner-Paes, M. (Oct 2018–Oct 2019). 

Research and Original Creative Work

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

Elizabeth A. Hamel, Ginger D. Blonde, Riya Girish, Belle Krubitski, & Alan C. Spector. (2024). Addition of low sodium does not increase sensitivity to glucose in wild-type mice, or lead to partial glucose taste detection in T1R3 knock-out mice. Physiology & Behavior, 279, 1-9. doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2024.114544

Carolina R. Cawthon, Ginger D. Blonde, & Alan C. Spector. (2024). Lingual Taste Nerve Transection Alters Food Selection, Relative Macronutrient Intake, and Meal Patterns in Rats Consuming a Cafeteria Diet without Changing Total Energy Intake. eNeuro, 11(3), 1-18. doi:10.1523/ENEURO.0393-23.2024

Kalyanasundar, B., Blonde, G. D., Spector, A. C., & Travers, S. P. (2023). A Novel Mechanism for T1R-Independent Taste Responses to Concentrated Sugars. J Neurosci, 43(6), 965-978. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36623875 doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1760-22.2023

Serra, M., Alceste, D., Hauser, F., Hulshof, P. J. M., Meijer, H. A. J., Thalheimer, A., Steinert, R. E., Gerber, P. A., Spector, A. C., Gero, D., & Bueter, M. (2023). Assessing daily energy intake in adult women: validity of a food-recognition mobile application compared to doubly labelled water. Front Nutr, 10, 1255499. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37810925 doi:10.3389/fnut.2023.1255499

Cawthon, C. R., Blonde, G. D., Nisi, A. V., Bloomston, H. M., Krubitski, B., le Roux, C. W., & Spector, A. C. (2023). Chronic semaglutide treatment in rats leads to daily excessive concentration-dependent sucrose intake. Journal of the Endocrine Society, 7, 1-16.

Cawthon, C. R., & Spector, A. C. (2023). The nature of available choices affects intake and meal patterns of rats offered a palatable cafeteria-style diet. Nutrients, 27.

Blonde, G. D., Fletcher, F. H., Tang, T., Newsome, R., & Spector, A. C. (2022). A new apparatus to analyze meal-related ingestive behaviors in rats fed a complex multi-food diet. Physiol Behav, 252, 1-30. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35472328 doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2022.113824

Jung, A. H., King, C. T., Blonde, G. D., King, M., Griggs, C., Hashimoto, K., Spector, A. C., & Schier, L. A. (2022). A Subregion of Insular Cortex Is Required for Rapid Taste-Visceral Integration and Consequent Conditioned Taste Aversion and Avoidance Expression in Rats. eNeuro, 9(4), 1-15. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35641228 doi:10.1523/ENEURO.0527-21.2022

Alceste, D., Serra, M., Raguz, I., Gero, D., Thalheimer, A., Widmer, J., File, B., Ismaeil, A., Steinert, R. E., Spector, A. C., & Bueter, M. (2022). Association between microstructure of ingestive behavior and body weight loss in patients one year after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Physiol Behav, 248, 1-10. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35134394 doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2022.113728

Serra, M., File, B., Alceste, D., Raguz, I., Gero, D., Thalheimer, A., Widmer, J., Ismaeil, A., Steinert, R. E., Spector, A. C., & Bueter, M. (2022). Burst-pause criterion derivation for drinkometer measurements of ingestive behavior. MethodsX, 9, 1-11. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35620756 doi:10.1016/j.mex.2022.101726

Ismaeil, A., Gero, D., Boyle, C. N., Alceste, D., Taha, O., Spector, A. C., Lutz, T. A., & Bueter, M. (2022). Early Postoperative Exposure to High-Fat Diet Does Not Increase Long-Term Weight Loss or Fat Avoidance After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in Rats. Front Nutr, 9, 1-11. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35495960 doi:10.3389/fnut.2022.834854

Livingstone, M. B. E., Redpath, T., Naseer, F., Boyd, A., Martin, M., Finlayson, G., Miras, A. D., Bodnar, Z., Kerrigan, D., Pournaras, D. J., le Roux, C. W., Spector, A. C., & Price, R. K. (2022). Food intake following gastric bypass surgery: patients eat less but do not eat differently. J Nutr, 9, 1-14. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35870806 doi:10.1093/jn/nxac164

Blonde, G. D., Mathes, C. M., Inui, T., Hamel, E. A., Price, R. K., Livingstone, M. B. E., le Roux, C. W., & Spector, A. C. (2022). Oromotor and somatic taste reactivity during sucrose meals reveals internal state and stimulus palatability after gastric bypass in rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 322(3), 204-218. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35043683 doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00285.2021

Inui, T., Inui-Yamamoto, C., Schmid, F., Blonde, G. D., & Spector, A. C. (2022). The Effects of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass on Glucose- vs. Fructose-Associated Conditioned Flavor Preference. Physiol Behav, 248, 1-10. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35149056 doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2022.113730

Langhans, W., Watts, A. G., & Spector, A. C. (2022). The Elusive Cephalic Phase Insulin Response: Triggers, Mechanisms, and Functions. Physiol Rev, 1-128. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36422994 doi:10.1152/physrev.00025.2022

Hyde, K. M., Blonde, G. D., Nisi, A. V., & Spector, A. C. (2022). The Influence of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Diet on NaCl and Sucrose Taste Detection Thresholds and Number of Circumvallate and Fungiform Taste Buds in Female Rats. Nutrients, 14(4), 1-32. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35215527 doi:10.3390/nu14040877

Kapoor, N., Al Najim, W., Menezes, C., Price, R. K., O'Boyle, C., Bodnar, Z., Spector, A. C., Docherty, N. G., & le Roux, C. W. (2021). A Comparison of Total Food Intake at a Personalised Buffet in People with Obesity, before and 24 Months after Roux-en-Y-Gastric Bypass Surgery. Nutrients, 13(11), 1-14. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34836130 doi:10.3390/nu13113873

Redpath, T., Naseer, F., Price, R. K., Boyd, A., Martin, M., le Roux, C. W., Spector, A. C., & Livingstone, M. B. E. (2021). Evaluation of the impact of gastric bypass surgery on eating behaviour using objective methodologies under residential conditions: Rationale and study protocol. Contemp Clin Trials Commun, 24, 1-10. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34646959 doi:10.1016/j.conctc.2021.100846

Blonde, G. D., Price, R. K., le Roux, C. W., & Spector, A. C. (2021). Meal Patterns and Food Choices of Female Rats Fed a Cafeteria-Style Diet Are Altered by Gastric Bypass Surgery. Nutrients, 13(11), 1-38. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34836110 doi:10.3390/nu13113856

Redpath, T. L., Livingstone, M. B. E., Dunne, A. A., Boyd, A., le Roux, C. W., Spector, A. C., & Price, R. K. (2021). Methodological issues in assessing change in dietary intake and appetite following gastric bypass surgery: A systematic review. Obes Rev, 22(6), e13202; 1-19. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33527664 doi:10.1111/obr.13202

Gero, D., File, B., Alceste, D., Frick, L. D., Serra, M., Ismaeil, A. E., Steinert, R. E., Spector, A. C., & Bueter, M. (2021). Microstructural changes in human ingestive behavior after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass during liquid meals. JCI Insight, 6(15), 1-18. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34369388 doi:10.1172/jci.insight.136842

Kalyanasundar, B., Blonde, G. D., Spector, A. C., & Travers, S. P. (2020). Electrophysiological responses to sugars and amino acids in the nucleus of the solitary tract of type 1 taste receptor double knockout mice. Journal of Neurophysiology. doi:10.1152/jn.00584.2019

Bales, M. B., & Spector, A. C. (2020). Chemospecific deficits in taste sensitivity following bilateral or right hemispheric gustatory cortex lesions in rats. J Comp Neurol, 528(16), 2729-2747. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32671857 doi:10.1002/cne.24928

Jiang, E., Blonde, G. D., Garcea, M., & Spector, A. C. (2020). ENaC-Dependent Sodium Chloride Taste Responses in the Regenerated Rat Chorda Tympani Nerve After Lingual Gustatory Deafferentation Depend on the Taste Bud Field Reinnervated. Chem Senses, 45(4), 249-259. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32154568 doi:10.1093/chemse/bjaa015

Hyde, K. M., Blonde, G. D., Bueter, M., le Roux, C. W., & Spector, A. C. (2020). Gastric bypass in female rats lowers concentrated sugar solution intake and preference without affecting brief-access licking after long-term sugar exposure. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 318(5), R870-R885. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32083966 doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00240.2019

Blonde, G. D., & Spector, A. C. (2020). Masking the Detection of Taste Stimuli in Rats: NaCl and Sucrose. Chem Senses, 45(5), 359-370. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32227159 doi:10.1093/chemse/bjaa022

Inui-Yamamoto, C., Blonde, G. D., Schmid, F., Mariotti, L., Campora, M., Inui, T., Schier, L. A., & Spector, A. C. (2020). Neural Isolation of the Olfactory Bulbs Severely Impairs Taste-Guided Behavior to Normally Preferred, But Not Avoided, Stimuli. eNeuro, 7(2), 1-16. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32152061 doi:10.1523/ENEURO.0026-20.2020

Reed, D. R., Alhadeff, A. L., Beauchamp, G. K., Chaudhari, N., Duffy, V. B., Dus, M., Fontanini, A., Glendinning, J. I., Green, B. G., Joseph, P. V., Kyriazis, G. A., Lyte, M., Maruvada, P., McGann, J. P., McLaughlin, J. T., Moran, T. H., Murphy, C., Noble, E. E., Pepino, M. Y., & Spector, A. C. (2020). NIH Workshop Report: sensory nutrition and disease. Am J Clin Nutr, 113(1), 232-245. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33300030 doi:10.1093/ajcn/nqaa302

Qualls-Creekmore, E., Marlatt, K. L., Aarts, E., Bruce-Keller, A., Church, T. S., Clement, K., Fisher, J. O., Gordon-Larsen, P., Morrison, C. D., Raybould, H. E., Ryan, D. H., Schauer, P. R., Spector, A. C., Spetter, M. S., Stuber, G. D., Berthoud, H. R., & Ravussin, E. (2020). What Should I Eat and Why? The Environmental, Genetic, and Behavioral Determinants of Food Choice: Summary from a Pennington Scientific Symposium. Obesity (Silver Spring), 28(8), 1386-1396. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32520444 doi:10.1002/oby.22806

Schier, L. A., Hyde, K. M., & Spector, A. C. (2019). Conditioned taste aversion versus avoidance: A re-examination of the separate processes hypothesis. PLoS One, 14:e0217458, 1-29.

Gero, D., File, B., Justiz, J., Steinert, R. E., Frick, L., Spector, A. C., & Bueter, M. (2019). Drinking microstructure in humans: A proof of concept study of a novel drinkometer in healthy adults. Appetite, 133, 47-60. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30179650 doi:10.1016/j.appet.2018.08.012

Schier, L. A., Inui-Yamamoto, C., Blonde, G. D., & Spector, A. C. (2019). T1R2+T1R3-independent chemosensory inputs contributing to behavioral discrimination of sugars in mice. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 316, R448-R462. doi:doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00255.2018

Langhans, W., Adan, R., Arnold, M., Banks, W. A., Card, J. P., Dailey, M. J., Daniels, D., de Kloet, A. D., de Lartigue, G., Dickson, S., Fedele, S., Grill, H. J., Jansson, J. O., Kaufman, S., Kolar, G., Krause, E., Lee, S. J., Le Foll, C., Levin, B. E., Lutz, T. A., Mansouri, A., Moran, T. H., Pacheco-Lopez, G., Ramachandran, D., Raybould, H., Rinaman, L., Samson, W. K., Sanchez-Watts, G., Seeley, R. J., Skibicka, K. P., Small, D., Spector, A. C., Tamashiro, K. L., Templeton, B., Trapp, S., Tso, P., Watts, A. G., Weissfeld, N., Williams, D., Wolfrum, C., Yosten, G., & Woods, S. C. (2018). New horizons for future research - Critical issues to consider for maximizing research excellence and impact. Mol Metab, 14, 53-59. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29886182 doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2018.05.007

Blonde, G. D., Travers, S. P., & Spector, A. C. (2018). Taste sensitivity to a mixture of monosodium glutamate and inosine 5'-monophosphate by mice lacking both subunits of the T1R1+T1R3 amino acid receptor. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 314(6), R802-R810. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29443544 doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00352.2017

Blonde, G. D., & Spector, A. C. (2017). An Examination of the Role of L-Glutamate and Inosine 5'-Monophosphate in Hedonic Taste-Guided Behavior by Mice Lacking the T1R1 + T1R3 Receptor. Chem Senses, 42(5), 393-404. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28334294 doi:10.1093/chemse/bjx015

Smith, K. R., & Spector, A. C. (2017). Detection of maltodextrin and its discrimination from sucrose are independent of the T1R2 + T1R3 heterodimer. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 313(4), R450-R462. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28768658 doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00049.2017

Hyde, K. M., Blonde, G. D., le Roux, C. W., & Spector, A. C. (2017). Liraglutide suppression of caloric intake competes with the intake-promoting effects of a palatable cafeteria diet, but does not impact food or macronutrient selection. Physiol Behav, 177, 4-12. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28366815 doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.03.045

Schier, L. A., & Spector, A. C. (2016). Behavioral evidence for more than one taste signaling pathway for sugars in rats. Journal of Neuroscience, 36, 113-124.

Schier, L., & Spector, A. (2016). Postoral sugar detection rapidly and chemospecifically modulates taste-guided behavior. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 311, R752-R755. doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00155.2016

Mathes, C., Letourneau, C., Blonde, G., le Roux, C., & Spector, A. (2016). Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in rats progressively decreases the proportion of fat calories selected from a palatable cafeteria diet. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 310(10), R952-R959. doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00444.2015

Spector, A. C., Blonde, G. D., Henderson, R. P., Treesukosol, Y., Hendrick, P., Newsome, R., Fletcher, F. H., Tang, T., & Donaldson, J. A. (2015). A new gustometer for taste testing in rodents. Chemical Senses, 40(3), 187-196. doi:10.1093/chemse/bju072

Spector, A. (2015). Behavioral analyses of taste function and ingestion in rodent models. Physiology and Behavior, 152, 516-526.

Schier, L. A., Blonde, G. D., & Spector, A. (2015). Bilateral lesions in a specific subregion of posterior insular cortex impair conditioned taste aversion expression in rats. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 524, 54-73.

Boxwell, A. J., Chen, Z., Mathes, C. M., Spector, A. C., le Roux, C. W., Travers, S. P., & Travers, J. B. (2015). Effects of high-fat diet and gastric bypass on neurons in the caudal solitary nucleus. Physiology and Behavior, 152, 329-339.

Bales, M. B., Schier, L. A., Blonde, G. D., & Spector, A. C. (2015). Extensive gustatory cortex lesions significantly impair taste sensitivity to KCl and quinine but not to sucrose in rats. Plos One, 10(11), 1-25. doi:doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143419

Blonde, G. D., Bales, M. B., & Spector, A. C. (2015). Extensive lesions in rat insular cortex significantly disrupt taste sensitivity to NaCl and KCl and slow salt discrimination learning. Plos One, 10(2), 1-25. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117515

Mathes, C. M., Bohnenkamp, R. A., Blonde, G. D., Letourneau, C., Corteville, C., Bueter, M., Lutz, T. A., le Roux, C. W., & Spector, A. C. (2015). Gastric bypass in rats does not decrease appetitive behavior towards sweet or fatty fluids despite blunting preferential intake of sugar and fat. Physiology and Behavior, 142, 179-188. doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.02.004

Spector, A., le Roux, C., Munger, S., Travers, S., Sclafani, A., & Mennella, J. (2015). Proceedings of the 2015 A.S.P.E.N. Research workshop-Taste signaling: impact on food selection, intake, and health. J Parenter Enteral Nutr, 1-12. doi:10.1177/0148607115617438

Mathes, C., Bohnenkamp, R. A., le Roux, C. W., & Spector, A. C. (2015). Reduced sweet and fatty fluid intake after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in rats is dependent on experience without change in stimulus motivational potency. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 309, R864-R874.

King, C. K., Hashimoto, K., Blonde, G. D., & Spector, A. C. (2015). Unconditioned oromotor taste reactivity elicited by sucrose and quinine is unaffected by extensive bilateral damage to the gustatory zone of the insular cortex in rats. Brain Research, 1599, 9-19. doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2014.12.035

Hashimoto, K., & Spector, A. C. (2014). Extensive lesions in the gustatory cortex in the rat do not disrupt the retention of a presurgically conditioned taste aversion and do not impair unconditioned concentration-dependent licking of sucrose and quinine. Chemical Senses, 39(1), 57-71. Retrieved from http://chemse.oxfordjournals.org/content/39/1/57.abstract doi:10.1093/chemse/bjt054

Schier, L. A., Hashimoto, K., Bales, M. B., Blonde, G. D., & Spector, A. C. (2014). High-resolution lesion-mapping strategy links a hot spot in rat insular cortex with impaired expression of taste aversion learning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111, 1162-1167. doi:10.1073/pnas.1315624111

Miras, A. D., Seyfried, F., Phinikaridou, A., Andia, M. E., Christakis, I., Spector, A. C., Botnar, R. M., & le Roux, C. W. (2014). Rats fed diets with different energy contribution from fat do not differ in adiposity. Obesity Facts, 7(5), 302-310. doi:10.1159/000368622

King, C. T., Garcea, M., & Spector, A. C. (2014). Restoration of quinine-stimulated fos-immunoreactive neurons in the central nucleus of the amygdala and gustatory cortex following reinnervation or cross-reinnervation of the lingual taste nerves in rats. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 522(11), 2498-2517. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cne.23546 doi:10.1002/cne.23546

Mathes, C. M., & Spector, A. C. (2014). Systemic modulation of serotonergic synapses via reuptake blockade or 5HT1A receptor antagonism does not alter perithreshold taste sensitivity in rats. Chemical Senses, 39(7), 583-593. Retrieved from http://chemse.oxfordjournals.org/content/39/7/583.abstract doi:10.1093/chemse/bju028

Smith, K. R., & Spector, A. C. (2014). The importance of the presence of a 5′-ribonucleotide and the contribution of the T1R1 + T1R3 heterodimer and an additional low-affinity receptor in the taste detection of L-glutamate as assessed psychophysically. The Journal of Neuroscience, 34(39), 13234-13245. Retrieved from http://www.jneurosci.org/content/34/39/13234.abstract doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0417-14.2014

Seyfried, F., Miras, A., Bueter, M., Prechtl, C., Spector, A., & le Roux, C. (2013). Effects of preoperative exposure to a high-fat versus a low-fat diet on ingestive behavior after gastric bypass surgery in rats. Surgical Endoscopy, 27(11), 4192-4201. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00464-013-3020-6 doi:10.1007/s00464-013-3020-6

Mennella, J. A., Spector, A. C., Reed, D. R., & Coldwell, S. E. (2013). The bad taste of medicines: overview of basic research on bitter taste. Clinical Therapuetics, 35(8), 1225-1246. doi:10.1016/j.clinthera.2013.06.007)

Mathes, C. M., Gregson, J. R., & Spector, A. C. (2013). The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor paroxetine decreases breakpoint of rats engaging in a progressive ratio licking task for sucrose and quinine solutions. Chemical Senses, 38(3), 211-220. Retrieved from http://chemse.oxfordjournals.org/content/38/3/211.abstract doi:10.1093/chemse/bjs096

Smith, K. R., Treesukosol, Y., Paedae, A. B., Contreras, R. J., & Spector, A. C. (2012). Contribution of the TRPV1 channel to salt taste quality in mice as assessed by conditioned taste aversion generalization and chorda tympani nerve responses. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 303(11), R1195-R1205. Retrieved from http://ajpregu.physiology.org/content/303/11/R1195.abstract doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00154.2012

Loney, G. C., Blonde, G. D., Eckel, L. A., & Spector, A. C. (2012). Determinants of taste preference and acceptability: quality versus hedonics. Journal of Neuroscience, 32(29), 10086-10092. Retrieved from http://www.jneurosci.org/content/32/29/10086.abstract doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6036-11.2012

Mathes, C. M., & Spector, A. C. (2012). Food selection and taste changes in humans after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery: A direct-measures approach. Physiology & Behavior, 107(4), 476 - 483. Retrieved from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031938412000807 doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.02.013

Miras, A. D., Jackson, R. N., Jackson, S. N., Goldstone, A. P., Olbers, T., Hackenberg, T., Spector, A. C., & le Roux, C. W. (2012). Gastric bypass surgery for obesity decreases the reward value of a sweet-fat stimulus as assessed in a progressive ratio task. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 96(3), 467-473. Retrieved from http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/96/3/467.abstract doi:10.3945/ajcn.112.036921

Mathes, C. M., Bueter, M., Smith, K. R., Lutz, T. A., le Roux, C. W., & Spector, A. C. (2012). Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in rats increases sucrose taste-related motivated behavior independent of pharmacological GLP-1-receptor modulation. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 302(6), R751-R767. Retrieved from http://ajpregu.physiology.org/content/302/6/R751.abstract doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00214.2011

Dotson, C. D., Colbert, C. L., Garcea, M., Smith, J. C., & Spector, A. C. (2012). The consequences of gustatory deafferentation on body mass and feeding patterns in the rat. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 303(6), R611-R623. Retrieved from http://ajpregu.physiology.org/content/303/6/R611.abstract doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00633.2011

Schöbel, N., Radtke, D., Lübbert, M., Gisselmann, G., Lehmann, R., Cichy, A., Schreiner, B. S. P., Altmüller, J., Spector, A. C., Spehr, J., Hatt, H., & Wetzel, C. H. (2012). Trigeminal ganglion neurons of mice show intracellular chloride accumulation and chloride-dependent amplification of capsaicin-induced responses. PLoS ONE, 7(11), e48005. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0048005 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048005

Bueter, M., Miras, A. D., Chichger, H., Fenske, W., Ghatei, M. A., Bloom, S. R., Unwin, R. J., Lutz, T. A., Spector, A. C., & le Roux, C. W. (2011). Alterations of sucrose preference after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Physiology and Behavior, 104, 709-721.

Treesukosol, Y., Smith, K. R., & Spector, A. C. (2011). Behavioral evidence for a glucose polymer taste receptor that is independent of the T1R2+3 heterodimer in a mouse model. Journal of Neuroscience, 31, 13527-13534.

Treesukosol, Y., Mathes, C. M., & Spector, A. C. (2011). Citric acid and quinine share perceived chemosensory features making oral discrimination difficult in C57BL/6J mice. Chemical Senses, 36, 477-489.

le Roux, C. W., Bueter, M., Theis, N., Werling, M., Ashrafian, H., Lowenstein, C., Athanasiou, T., Bloom, S. R., Spector, A. C., Olbers, T., & Lutz, T. A. (2011). Gastric bypass reduces fat intake and preference. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 301, R1057-R1066.

Mathes, C. M., & Spector, A. C. (2011). The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor paroxetine does not alter consummatory concentration-dependent licking of prototypical taste stimuli by rats. Chemical Senses, 36, 515-526.

Blonde, G., Jiang, E., Garcea, M., & Spector, A. C. (2010). Learning-based recovery from perceptual impairment in salt discrimination after permanently altered peripheral gustatory input. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 299, 1027-1036.

Spector, A. C., Blonde, G., Garcea, M., & Jiang, E. (2010). Rewiring the gustatory system: specificity between nerve and taste bud field is critical for normal salt discrimination. Brain Research, 1310, 46-57.

Treesukosol, Y., Blonde, G. D., Jiang, E., Gonzalez, D., Smith, J. C., & Spector, A. C. (2010). The necessity of the glossopharyngeal nerve in the maintenance of normal intake and ingestive bout size of corn oil by rats. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 299, R1050-R1058.

Treesukosol, Y., Blonde, G. D., & Spector, A. C. (2009). The T1R2 and T1R3 subunits are individually unnecessary for normal affective licking responses to Polycose: Implications for saccharide taste receptors in mice. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 296, R855-R865.

Grobe, C. L., & Spector, A. C. (2008). Constructing quality profiles for taste compounds in rats: A novel paradigm. Physiology & Behavior, 95, 413-424.

King, C. T., Garcea, M., Stolzenberg, D. S., & Spector, A. C. (2008). Experimentally cross-wired lingual taste nerves can restore normal unconditioned gaping behavior in response to quinine stimulation. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 294, R738-R747.

Jiang, E., Blonde, G., Garcea, M., & Spector, A. C. (2008). Greater superficial petrosal nerve transection in rats does not change unconditioned licking responses to putatively sweet taste stimuli. Chemical Senses, 33, 709-723.

Treesukosol, Y., Lyall, V., Heck, G. L., Desimone, J. A., & Spector, A. C. (2007). A psychophysical and electrophysiological analysis of salt taste in Trpv1 null mice. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 292, R1799-R1809.

Geran, L. C., & Spector, A. C. (2007). Amiloride-insensitive units of the chorda tympani nerve are necessary for normal ammonium chloride detectability in the rat. Behavioral Neuroscience, 121, 779-785.

Dotson, C. D., & Spector, A. C. (2007). Behavioral discrimination between sucrose and other natural sweeteners in mice: Implications for the neural coding of T1R ligands. Journal of Neuroscience, 27, 11242-11253.

Blonde, G. D., Garcea, M., & Spector, A. C. (2006). The relative effects of transection of the gustatory branches of the 7th and 9th cranial nerves on NaCl taste detection in rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 120, 580-589.

Glendinning, J. I., Bloom, L. D., Onishi, M., Zheng, K. H., Damak, S., Margolskee, R. F., & Spector, A. C. (2005). Contribution of α-gustducin to taste-guided licking responses of mice. Chemical Senses, 30, 299-316.

Dotson, C. D., & Spector, A. C. (2005). Drinking spout orifice size affects licking behavior in inbred mice. Physiology and Behavior, 85, 655-661.

Eylam, S., Moore, M., Haskell-Luevano, C., & Spector, A. C. (2005). Melanocortin-4 receptornull mice display normal affective licking responses to prototypical taste stimuli in a briefaccess test. Peptides, 26, 1712-1719.

Dotson, C. D., Roper, S. D., & Spector, A. C. (2005). PLCβ2-independent behavioral avoidance of prototypical bitter-tasting ligands. Chemical Senses, 30, 593-600.

Eylam, S., & Spector, A. C. (2005). Taste discrimination between NaCl and KCl is disrupted by amiloride in inbred mice with amiloride-insensitive chorda tympani nerves. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 288, R1361- R1368.

Spector, A. C. (2005). The functional consequences of gustatory nerve regeneration as assessed behaviorally in a rat model. Chemical Senses, 30, i66-i67.

Geran, L. C., & Spector, A. C. (2004). Anion size does not compromise sodium recognition by rats following acute sodium depletion. Behavioral Neuroscience, 118, 178-183.

Colbert, C. L., Garcea, M., & Spector, A. C. (2004). Effects of selective lingual gustatory deafferentation on suprathreshold taste intensity discrimination of NaCl in rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 118, 1409-1417.

Geran, L. C., Garcea, M., & Spector, A. C. (2004). Nerve regeneration-induced recovery of quinine avoidance after complete gustatory deafferentation of the tongue. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 2004, 287. doi:R1235- R1243

Eylam, S., & Spector, A. C. (2004). Stimulus processing of glycine is dissociable from that of sucrose and glucose based on behaviorally measured taste signal detection in Sac 'taster' and 'non-taster' mice. Chemical Senses, 29, 639-649.

Dotson, C. D., & Spector, A. C. (2004). The relative affective potency of glycine, L-serine and sucrose as assessed by a brief-access taste test in inbred strains of mice. Chemical Senses, 29, 489-498.

Eylam, S., & Spector, A. C. (2003). Amiloride is an ineffective conditioned stimulus in taste aversion learning in C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice. Chemical Senses, 28, 681-689.

King, C. T., Deyrup, L. D., Dodson, S. E., Galvin, K. E., Garcea, M., & Spector, A. C. (2003). Effects of gustatory nerve transection and regeneration on quinine-stimulated Fos-like immunoreactivity in the parabrachial nucleus of the rat. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 465, 296-308.

Eylam, S., & Spector, A. C. (2003). Oral amiloride treatment decreases taste sensitivity to sodium salts in C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice. Chemical Senses, 28, 447-458.

St John, S. J., Garcea, M., & Spector, A. C. (2003). The time course of taste bud regeneration after glossopharyngeal or greater superficial petrosal nerve ransection in rats. Chemical Senses, 28, 33-43.

Glendinning, J. I., Gresack, J., & Spector, A. C. (2002). A high-throughput screening procedure for identifying mice with aberrant taste and oromotor function. Chemical Senses, 27, 461-474.

Spector, A. C., & Kopka, S. L. (2002). Rats fail to discriminate quinine from denatonium: Implications for the neural coding of bitter-tasting compounds. Journal of Neuroscience, 22, 1937-1941.

Eylam, S., & Spector, A. C. (2002). The effect of amiloride on operantly conditioned performance in a NaCl taste detection task and NaCl preference in C57BL/6J mice. Behavioral Neuroscience, 116, 149-159.

Geran, L. C., Garcea, M., & Spector, A. C. (2002). Transecting the gustatory branches of the facial nerve impairs NH4Cl vs. KCl discrimination in rats. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 283, R739-R747.

Kopka, S. L., & Spector, A. C. (2001). Functional recovery of taste sensitivity to sodium chloride depends on regeneration of the chorda tympani nerve after transection in the rat. Behavioral Neuroscience, 115, 1073-1085.

Geran, L. C., & Spector, A. C. (2000). Amiloride increases sodium chloride taste detection threshold in rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 114, 623-634.

Kopka, S. L., Geran, L. C., & Spector, A. C. (2000). Functional status of the regenerated chorda tympani nerve as assessed in a salt taste discrimination task. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 278, R720-R731.

King, C. T., Garcea, M., & Spector, A. C. (2000). Glossopharyngeal nerve regeneration is essential for the complete recovery of quinine-stimulated oromotor rejection behaviors and central patterns of neuronal activity in the nucleus of the solitary tract in the rat. Journal of Neuroscience, 20, 1229-1238.

Eylam, S., Garcea, M., & Spector, A. C. (2000). Glossopharyngeal nerve transection does not alter taste reactivity to sucrose conditioned to be aversive. Chemical Senses, 25, 423-428.

Geran, L. C., & Spector, A. C. (2000). Sodium taste detectability in rats is independent of anion size: the psychophysical characteristics of the transcellular sodium taste transduction pathway. Behavioral Neuroscience, 114, 1229-1238.

Markison, S., Thomson, B. L., Smith, J. C., & Spector, A. C. (2000). Time course and pattern of compensatory ingestive behavioral adjustments to lysine deficiency in rats. Journal of Nutrition, 130, 1320-1328.

Geran, L. C., Guagliardo, N. A., & Spector, A. C. (1999). Chorda tympani transection, but not amiloride, increases KCl taste detection threshold in rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 113, 185-195.

Markison, S., Gietzen, D. W., & Spector, A. C. (1999). Essential amino acid deficiency enhances long term intake but not short term licking of the required nutrient. Journal of Nutrition, 1604-1612.

King, C. T., Travers, S. P., Rowland, N. E., Garcea, M., & Spector, A. C. (1999). Glossopharyngeal nerve transection eliminates quinine-stimulated Fos-like immunoreactivity in the nucleus of the solitary tract: Implications for a functional topography of gustatory nerve input in rats. Journal of Neuroscience, 19, 3107-3121.

Markison, S., St John, S. J., & Spector, A. C. (1999). Glossopharyngeal nerve transection reduces quinine avoidance in rats not given presurgical stimulus exposure. Physiology and Behavior, 65, 773-778.

Chappell, J. P., St John, S. J., & Spector, A. C. (1998). Amiloride does not alter NaCl avoidance in Fischer-344 rats. Chemical Senses, 23, 151-157.

Spector, A. C., Klumpp, P. A., & Kaplan, J. M. (1998). Analytical issues in the evaluation of food deprivation and sucrose concentration effects on the microstructure of licking behavior in the rat. Behavioral Neuroscience, 112, 678-694.

St John, S. J., & Spector, A. C. (1998). Behavioral discrimination between quinine and KCl is dependent upon input from the seventh cranial nerve: Implications for the functional roles of the gustatory nerves in rats. Journal of Neuroscience, 18, 4353-4362.

Spector, A. C., & St John, S. J. (1998). Role of taste in the microstructure of quinine ingestion by rats. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 274, R1687-R1703.

St John, S. J., Markison, S., & Spector, A. C. (1997). Chorda tympani nerve transection disrupts taste aversion learning to potassium chloride, but not sodium chloride. Behavioral Neuroscience, 111, 188-194.

St John, S. J., Markison, S., Guagliardo, N. A., Hackenberg, T. D., & Spector, A. C. (1997). Chorda tympani transection and selective desalivation differentially disrupt two-lever salt discrimination performance in rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 111, 450-459.

Spector, A. C., Markison, S., St John, S. J., & Garcea, M. (1997). Sucrose vs. maltose taste discrimination by rats depends on the input of the seventh cranial nerve. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 272, R1210- R1218.

Spector, A. C., Guagliardo, N. A., & St John, S. J. (1996). Amiloride disrupts NaCl vs. KCl discrimination performance: Implications for salt taste coding in the rat. Journal of Neuroscience, 16, 8115-8122.

St John, S. J., & Spector, A. C. (1996). Combined glossopharyngeal and chorda tympani nerve transection elevates quinine detection thresholds in rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 110, 1456-1468.

Spector, A. C., Redman, R., & Garcea, M. (1996). The consequences of gustatory nerve transection on taste-guided licking of sucrose and maltose in the rat. Behavioral Neuroscience, 110, 1096-1109.

Markison, S., & Spector, A. C. (1995). Amiloride is an ineffective conditioned stimulus in taste aversion learning. Chemical Senses, 20, 559-563.

Scalera, G., Spector, A. C., & Norgren, R. (1995). Excitotoxic lesions of the parabrachial nuclei prevent conditioned taste aversions and sodium appetite in rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 109, 997-1008.

Markison, S., St John, S. J., & Spector, A. C. (1995). Glossopharyngeal nerve transection does not compromise the specificity of taste-guided sodium appetite in rats. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 269, R215R-R221.

Spector, A. C., Scalera, G., Grill, H. J., & Norgren, R. (1995). Gustatory detection thresholds after parabrachial nuclei lesions in rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 109, 939-954.

Spector, A. C. (1995). Gustatory parabrachial lesions disrupt taste-guided quinine responsiveness in rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 109, 79-90.

St John, S. J., Markison, S., & Spector, A. C. (1995). Salt discriminability is related to the number of regenerated taste buds following chorda tympani nerve section in rats. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 269, R141-R153.

Breslin, P. A. S., Spector, A. C., & Grill, H. J. (1995). Sodium specificity of salt appetite in Fischer-344 and Wistar rats is impaired by chorda tympani nerve transection. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 269, R350-R356.

St John, S. J., Garcea, M., & Spector, A. C. (1994). Combined, but not single, gustatory nerve transection alters taste-guided licking behavior to quinine in rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 108, 131-140.

Grigson, P. S., Spector, A. C., & Norgren, R. (1994). Lesions of the pontine parabrachial nuclei eliminate successive negative contrast effects in rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 108, 714-723.

Li, B., Spector, A. C., & Rowland, N. E. (1994). Reversal of dexfenfluramine-induced anorexia and c-Fos, c-Jun expression by lesion in the lateral parabrachial nucleus. Brain Research, 640, 255-267.

Breslin, P. A. S., Spector, A. C., & Grill, H. J. (1993). Chorda tympani section decreases the cation specificity of depletion-induced sodium appetite in rats. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 264, R312-R318.

Spector, A. C., Norgren, R., & Grill, H. J. (1993). Concentration-dependent licking of sucrose and sodium chloride in rats with parabrachial gustatory lesions. Physiology and Behavior, 53, 277-283.

Breslin, P. A. S., Kaplan, J. M., Spector, A. C., Zambito, C. M., & Grill, H. J. (1993). Lick rate analysis of sodium taste-drive combinations. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 264, R319-R323.

Grigson, P. S., Spector, A. C., & Norgren, R. (1993). Microstructural analysis of successive negative contrast in free-feeding and deprived rats. Physiology and Behavior, 54, 909- 916.

Spector, A. C., Travers, S. P., & Norgren, R. (1993). Taste receptors on the anterior tongue and nasoincisor ducts of rats contribute synergistically to behavioral responses to sucrose. Behavioral Neuroscience, 107, 694-702.

Spector, A. C., Breslin, P. A. S., & Grill, H. J. (1992). A quantitative comparison of taste reactivity behaviors to sucrose before and after LiCl pairings. Behavioral Neuroscience, 106, 820-836.

Kaplan, J. M., Spector, A. C., & Grill, H. J. (1992). Dynamics of gastric emptying of glucose during and after stomach fill. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 263, R813-R819.

Spector, A. C., Norgren, R., & Grill, H. J. (1992). Parabrachial gustatory lesions impair taste aversion learning in rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 106, 147-163.

Spector, A. C., & Grill, H. J. (1992). Salt taste discrimination after bilateral section of the chorda tympani nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 263, R169-R176.

Spector, A. C., Andrews-Labenski, J., & Letterio, F. C. (1990). A new gustometer for psychophysical taste testing in the rat. Physiology and Behavior, 47, 795-803.

Spector, A. C., Schwartz, G. J., & Grill, H. J. (1990). Chemospecific deficits in taste detection following selective gustatory deafferentation. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 258, R820-R826.

Kaplan, J. M., Spector, A. C., & Grill, H. J. (1990). Ingestion rate as an independent variable in the behavioral analysis of satiation. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 258, R662-R671.

Spector, A. C., & Grill, H. J. (1988). Differences in the taste quality of maltose and sucrose in rats: Issues involving the generalization of conditioned taste aversions. Chemical Senses, 13, 95-113.

Spector, A. C., Grill, H. J., & Breslin, P. (1988). Taste reactivity as dependent measure of the rapid formation of conditioned taste aversion: A tool for the neural analysis of tastevisceral interactions. Behavioral Neuroscience, 102, 942-952.

Spector, A. C., Smith, J. C., & Hollander, G. R. (1986). Radiation-induced taste aversion: Effects of exposure level and exposure-taste interval. Radiation Research, 106, 271-277.

Spector, A. C., & Smith, J. C. (1984). A detailed analysis of sucrose drinking in the rat. Physiology and Behavior, 33, 127-136.

Smith, J. C., Blumsack, J. T., Bilek, F. S., Spector, A. C., Hollander, G. R., & Baker, D. L. (1984). Radiation-induced taste aversion as a factor in cancer therapy. Cancer Treatment Reports, 68, 1219-1227.

Spector, A. C., Smith, J. C., & Hollander, G. R. (1983). The effects of postconditioning CS experience on recovery from radiation-induced taste aversion. Physiology and Behavior, 30, 647-649.

Spector, A. C., Smith, J. C., & Hollander, G. R. (1981). A comparison of dependent measures used to quantify radiation-induced taste aversion. Physiology and Behavior, 27, 887-901.

Smith, J. C., Hollander, G. R., & Spector, A. C. (1981). Taste aversions conditioned with partial body radiation exposures. Physiology and Behavior, 27, 903-913.

Invited Book Chapters

St John, S. J., & Spector, A. C. (2020). Behavioral Analysis of Taste Function in Rodent Models. In Bernd Fritzsch, Editor-in-Chief, & Wolfgang Meyerhof, Volume Editor (Eds.), The Senses, Olfaction and Taste, Second Edition, Volume III. Elsevier. 

Spector, A. C., Eylam, S., & Dotson, C. D. (2008). The use of rodent models to link neurobiological process with the psychophysics of sweet taste. In D. K. Weerasinghe, & Grant E. DuBois (Eds.), Sweetness and Sweeteners (pp. 355-366). Washington D.C.: American Chemical Society. 

Spector, A. C. (2005). Taste. In I. Q. Whishaw, & B. Kolb (Eds.), The Behavior of the Laboratory Rat: A Handbook with Tests (pp. 105-118). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 

Spector, A. C. (2003). Psychophysical evaluation of taste function in non-human mammals. In Handbook of Olfaction and Gustation, 2nd Edition (Ed.), R. L. Doty (pp. 861-879). New York: Marcel Dekker. 

Spector, A. C. (2003). The functional organization of the peripheral gustatory system: lessons from behavior. In S. J. Fluharty, & H. J. Grill (Eds.), Progress in Psychobiology and Physiological Psychology, Vol. 18 (pp. 101-161). San Diego: Academic Press. 

Grill, H. J., Spector, A. C., Schwartz, G. J., Kaplan, J. M., & Flynn, F. W. (1987). Evaluating taste effects on ingestive behavior. In F. Toates, & N. Rowland (Eds.), Techniques in the Behavioral and Neural Sciences, Vol. 1: Feeding and Drinking (pp. 151-188). Amsterdam: Elsevier. 

Invited Encyclopedia Entries

Spector, A. C. (2009). The central gustatory system and ingestive behavior. In L. Squire (Ed.), New Encyclopedia of Neuroscience (p. 685-689). Oxford: Academic Press. 

Refereed Encyclopedia Entries

Travers, S. P., & Spector, A. C. (2021). Anatomical Organization and Coding in the Gustatory System: A Functional Perspective. In W. Martin Usrey (Ed.), Oxford Encyclopedia of Sensory Systems (p. 1-51). New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 

Spector, A. C., & Travers, S. P. (2021). Taste Buds and Gustatory Transduction: A Functional Perspective. In W. Martin Usrey (Ed.), Oxford Encyclopedia of Sensory Systems (p. 1-50). New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 

Refereed Proceedings

Spector, A. C., Kapoor, N., Price, R. K., Pepino, M. Y., MB, E. L., & le Roux, C. W. (2019). Proceedings from the 2018 Association for Chemoreception Annual Meeting Symposium: Bariatric Surgery and Its Effects on Taste and Food Selection. In Association for Chemoreception Annual Meeting Symposium: Bariatric Surgery and Its Effects on Taste and Food Selection (pp. 155-163). Chem Senses. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30517609

Spector, A. C., le Roux, C. W., Munger, S. D., Travers, S. P., Sclafani, A., & Menella, J. A. (2017). Proceedings of the 2015 A.S.P.E.N. research workshop - taste signaling: Impact on food selection, intake, and health. In 2015 A.S.P.E.N. Research Workshop - Taste Signaling: Impact on Food Selection, Intake, and Health; Long Beach, California (pp. 113-124). Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Retrieved from doi: 10.1177/0148607115617438

Invited Reviews

Schier, L. A., & Spector, A. C. (2019). The Functional and Neurobiological Properties of Bad Taste. Physiol Rev, 99(1), 605-663. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30475657 doi:10.1152/physrev.00044.2017

Spector, A. C., & Schier, L. A. (2018). Behavioral evidence that select carbohydrate stimuli activate T1R-independent receptor mechanisms. Appetite, 122, 26-31. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28034739 doi:10.1016/j.appet.2016.12.031

Treesukosol, Y., Smith, K. R., & Spector, A. C. (2011). The functional role of the T1R family of receptors in sweet taste and feeding. Physiology and Behavior, 105, 14-26.

Spector, A. C., & Glendinning, J. I. (2009). Linking peripheral taste processes to behavior. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 19, 370-377.

Breslin, P. A. S., & Spector, A. C. (2008). Mammalian taste perception. Current Biology, 18, R148-R155.

Spector, A. C., & Travers, S. P. (2005). The representation of taste quality in the mammalian nervous system. Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Reviews, 4, 143-191.

Spector, A. C. (2000). Linking gustatory neurobiology to behavior in vertebrates. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 24, 391-416.

Spector, A. C. (1995). Gustatory function in the parabrachial nuclei: Implications from lesion studies in rats. Reviews in the Neurosciences, 6, 143-175.

Nonrefereed Proceedings

Spector, A. C., & Grill, H. J. (1994). Behavioral evidence for the primacy of the chorda tympani nerve in NaCl taste sensibility in the rat. In K. Kurihara, N. Suzuki, & H. Ogawa (Eds.), Internation Symposium on Olfaction and Taste (pp. 249-252). Tokyo: Springer-Verlag. 

Presentations

Invited Keynote and Plenary Presentations at Conferences

Spector, A. C. (presented 2023, October). Food Intake is Only the Outcome of Behavior: Using Food Choice and Detailed Eating Analysis to Understand the Nutrition-Related Effects of Alimentary Tract Manipulations. Keynote presentation at Foods for Health Summit on Sensory Nutrition & Ingestive Behavior, Ohio State University, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. (State)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2014, July). Bart Hoebel Award Lecture. Plenary presentation at Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Seartle, WA. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2012, September). Linking Peripheral Taste Receptor Mechanisms to Behavior. Keynote presentation at Annual Meeting of The Obesity Society (Neuroscience Track), The Obesity Society, San Antonio Texas. (National)

Invited Keynote and Plenary Presentations at Symposia

Spector, A. C. (presented 2023, May). What do we learn regarding mechanisms of obesity interventions when we study food intake behaviors in rodents and humans? Plenary presentation in C .W. le Roux (Chair), Neurobiology: The basic science of food intake behaviour during obesity treatment. Symposium conducted at the meeting of European Congress on Obesity, Dublin, Ireland. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2023, April). Behavioral Analysis is Indispensable to Understand Brain Function. Plenary presentation in Paul Breslin (Chair), AChemS Career Award Lectures. Symposium conducted at the meeting of Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Bonita Springs, FL. (National)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2023, March). Traditional Analysis of Meal Patterns, Food Selection and Relative Macronutrient Intake after Gastric Bypass. Plenary presentation in C. W, le Roux (Chair), Preserving muscle mass arising from substantial weight loss in obesity. Symposium conducted at the meeting of Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, Dublin, Ireland. (International)

Inui, T., Hyde, K. M., Blonde, G. D., Mathes, C., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2019, November). Constant-Rate Delivery of Glucagon Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist Alters Sucrose Within-Meal Licking Behavior in Male Rats. Plenary presentation in Dr. Yuzo Ninomiya (Chair), International Symposium on Molecular and Neural Mechanisms of Taste and Olfactory Perception. Symposium conducted at the meeting of Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2019, November). The Search for the Neural Basis of Behavioral Responsiveness to Maltodextrin Taste and the Importance of Central Olfactory Bulb Connections in the Maintenance of Positive Affective Gustatory Function. Plenary presentation in Dr. Yuzo Ninomiya (Chair), International Symposium on Molecular and Neural Mechanisms of Taste and Olfactory Perception. Symposium conducted at the meeting of Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. (International)

Spector, A. (presented 2018, May). The Effects of Gastric Bypass on Food Selection and Taste-Related Motivation. Keynote presentation in Ann-Marie Torregrossa and Liz Mietlicki-Baase (Chair), Ingestive Behavior Research Day. Symposium conducted at the meeting of University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2013, February). The Interaction of Taste and Visceroceptive Signals in the Control of Feeding. Keynote presentation in Ajinomoto Sponsored Nutrition Symposium at the Meeting of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Phoenix, AZ. (National)

Invited Presentations at Conferences

Spector, A. (presented 2017, April). The Basics of Conditioned Taste Aversion and Some Key Contributions of Dr. James C. Smith. Presentation at Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Bonita Springs, FL. (National)

Spector, A. (presented 2016, November). Panelist: Mechanobiology/Chemosensing. Presentation at Cayman Peptide Conference XII, Cayman Peptide Conference Palnning Committee, Provo, Turks and Caicos Islands. (International)

Spector, A. C., Mathes, C. M., & le Roux, C. W. (presented 2015, March). Taste, Palatability, and Gastric Bypass. Presentation at IrSPEN Conference 2015, Nutrition in Medicine and Healthcare, Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, Dublin, Ireland. (National)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2003, July). Discussant. Presentation at Gordon Conference on Chemical Senses, Gordon Conference on Chemical Senses, New London, NH. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2001, July). Discussant. Presentation at Gordon Conference on Chemical Senses, Gordon Conference on Chemical Senses, Newport, RI. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2000, January). The Psychophysics of Sodium Taste in the Rat. Presentation at the meeting of Winter Conference on Brain Research, Breckenridge, CO. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 1998, July). The Role of the Glossopharyngeal Nerve in Bitter Taste. Presentation at the meeting of Gordon Conference on Chemical Senses, Newport, RI. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 1994, July). Behavioral Approaches to Understanding Gustatory Processes in the Nervous System. Presentation at Gordon Conference on Chemical Senses, Gordon Conferences, Plymouth, NH. (International)

Invited Presentations at Symposia

Spector, A. C. (presented 2024, October). Ross Henderson: The Genius Behind the Science. In John Glendinning (Chair), Celebrating the Technical Innovations of Ross Henderson: A Synergy between Instrumentation and Science. Presentation at the meeting of Columbia University Seminar on Appetitive Behaviors, New York, NY. (National)

Boyle, C. N., Klein, L., Lommi, G., Blonde, G. D., Lutz, T. A., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2024, September). Taste reactivity to lipid solution during an intraoral meal following gastric bypass in rats. In Thomas Lutz, Wolfgang Langhans, Elena Osto, Svetlana Mastitskaya (Chair), Peri-prandial autonomic and endocrine functions and dysfunctions. Presentation at the meeting of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Ascona, Switzerland. (International)

Cawthon, C. R., le Roux, C. W., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2024, September). The Effects of Chronic Semaglutide Treatment on Meal Patterns, Relative Macronutrient Intake, and Sucrose Ingestion in a Rat Model. In Thomas Lutz, Wolfgang Langhans, Elena Osto, Svetlana Mastitskaya (Chair), Peri-prandial autonomic and endocrine functions and dysfunctions. Presentation at the meeting of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Ascona, Switzerland. (International)

Spector, A. C., Cawthon, C. R., Blonde, G. D., le Roux, C. W., King, C. T., & Bales, M. B. (presented 2022, August). An Investigation of the Behavioral Consequences of Semaglutide Treatment in a Rat Model. In Thomas Lutz, Wolfgang Langhans, Will de Lartigue (Chair), Gut-brain communication in metabolic control and the regulation of energy homeostasis. Presentation at the meeting of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Ascona, Switzerland. (International)

Gero, D., Isamaeil, A., Alceste, D., Spector, A. C., Lutz, T., & Bueter, M. (presented 2022, July). Post-Bariatric Changes In Ingestive Behavior: Shift in Macronutrient Preferences in Rats and Dynamic Adaptation of the Within-Meal Microstructure in Humans. In Uku Vainik (Chair), Changes in Waist, Changes in Taste. Presentation at the meeting of Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Porto, Portugal. (International)

Spector, A. (presented 2021, October). Gastric bypass on taste, palatability and food selection during long-term sugar exposure. In José Vanderlei Menani, Laurival A. De Luca Jr (Chair), Ingestive Behavior: Taste and Neural Pathways. Presentation at the meeting of 56th Annual Congress of the Brazilian Society of Physiology, Virtual. (International)

Spector, A. (presented 2021, April). The Conundrums of Studying the Effects of Gastric Bypass on Taste-Related Behavior and Food Choice. In Harry Kissileff (Chair), Columbia University Seminar on Appetitive Behavior. Presentation at the meeting of Columbia University, Virtual. (National)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2020, November). Taste: Chemical sensing at the entry to the alimentary tract and its multifaceted functional roles. In Lindsey Macpherson (Chair), A Gut Feeling: Chemosensory signaling from the tongue & gut to the brain. Presentation at the meeting of University of Texas, San Antonio  Neurosciences Institute, Remote - Webex and YouTube. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2019, November). Discussant. In Sensory Nutrition and Disease Workshop. Presentation at the meeting of National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. (National)

Inui-Yamamoto, C., Blonde, G. D., Schmid, F., Inui, T., Schier, L., & Spector, A. (presented 2019, June). Normal Concentration-Dependent Licking to Unconditionally Preferred, but Not Avoided, Taste Stimuli Is Severely Compromised by the Anatomical Isolation of the Olfactory Bulbs. In Fifteenth Benjamin Franklin/Lafayette Symposium on Ingestive Behavior. Presentation at the meeting of The Organizing Committee of the Fifteenth Benjamin Franklin/Lafayette Symposium on Ingestive Behavior, Frejus, France. (International)

Spector, A. (presented 2018, December). The Effects of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass on Taste and Food Selection. In Eric Ravussin and Hans-Rudi Berthoud (Chair), Determinants of Food Choice. Presentation at the meeting of Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisianna State University, Baton Rouge, LA. (International)

Spector, A. (presented 2018, November). The Effects of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass on Food Selection and Taste-Related Motivation. In Walking the Line: Neural Control of decision Making and Food Choice. Presentation at the meeting of The Obesity Society, Nashville, TN. (International)

Spector, A. (presented 2018, April). Behavioral Approaches to Discerning the Function of Gustatory Cortex in a Rat Model. In Daniel Wesson (Chair), Satellite Symposium to the 40th Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences. Presentation at the meeting of Association of Chemoreception Sciences, Bonita Springs, FL. (National)

Spector, A. (presented 2018, April). The Effects of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass on Food Selection and Taste-Related Motivation. In Alan C. Spector and Carel le W. le roux (Chair), Bariatric Surgery and Its Effects on Taste and Food Selection. Presentation at the meeting of Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Bonita Springs, FL. (National)

Schier, L., & Spector, A. (presented 2017, July). Behavioral Evidence for Chemospecific Integration of Oral and Postoral Signals in Rodents. In How the Chemical Senses Shape Gut-Brain Communication. Presentation at the meeting of Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Montreal, Canada. (International)

Schier, L., Hyde, K., & Spector, A. (presented 2017, June). Comparing the Motivational Properties of Conditioned Taste Avoidance and Conditioned Taste Aversion. In Fourteenth Benjamin Franklin/Lafayette Symposium on Ingestive Behavior. Presentation at the meeting of The Organizing Committee of the Fourteenth Benjamin Franklin/Lafayette Symposium on Ingestive Behavior, Frejus, France. (International)

Spector, A. (presented 2017, April). Discussant. In Workshop on Dietary Sweetness – Is it an Issue? Presentation at the meeting of International Life Sciences Institute, Brussels, Belgium. (International)

Spector, A. (presented 2016, July). Channeling of Gustatory Sensory Signals: Implications for Taste Function – An Orientation. In Alan C. Spector (Chair), Channeling Taste. Presentation at the meeting of Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Porto, Portugal. (International)

Blonde, G., & Spector, A. (presented 2016, June). An examination of the motivational taste properties of L-glutamate in wild-type and T1R1+3 double knock-out mice. In Paul Breslin (Chair), Umami and amino acid tastes: Ligands, receptors, appetites and perceptions. Presentation at the meeting of International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste, Yokohama, Japan. (International)

Spector, A. (presented 2016, May). Behavioral Evidence for T1R-Independent Taste Receptor Mechanisms in the Signaling of Select Carbohydrate stimuli . In Harry Kissileff (Chair), Appetitive Behavior Festschrift Honoring Anthony Sclafani and Karen Ackroff. Presentation at the meeting of Columbia University, New York, NY. (National)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2015, November). The Neuroscience of Understanding Feeding after Bariatric Surgery by Using Direct Measures of Behavior. In Neuroscience of Bariatrics. Presentation at the meeting of American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Los Angeles, CA. (National)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2015, August). Bariatric Surgery and Food Preferences. In Reversing End Organ Damage through Diabetes Surgery. Presentation at the meeting of Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. (International)

Mathes, C. M., le Roux, C. W., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2015, July). Gastric Bypass-Induced Changes in Food Selection – Roles of Taste and Experience. In Understanding Food Choice. Presentation at the meeting of Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Denver, CO. (International)

Spector, A. C., Mathes, C. M., & le Roux, C. W. (presented 2015, June). Taste, Palatability and Gastric Bypass. In The Thirteenth Benjamin Franklin-Lafayette Seminar on Ingestive Behavior. Presentation at the meeting of The Organizing Committee of the Thirteenth Benjamin Franklin-Lafayette Seminar on Ingestive Behavior, Frejus, France. (International)

Spector, A. C., Schier, L. A., Blonde, G. D., Hashimoto, K., King, C. T., & Bales, M. B. (presented 2014, September). Behaviorally discerning the functional role of gustatory cortex in a rat model. In Wolfgang Langhans (Chair), All roads lead to the brain: neural control of energy homeostasis in helath and disease. Presentation at the meeting of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Ascona, Switzerland. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2013, June). Discerning the functional topography of gustatory cortex in the rat. In Benjamin Franklin / Lafayette Symposium on Ingestive Behavior. Presentation at the meeting of Benjamin Franklin / Lafayette Symposium on Ingestive Behavior, Frejus, France. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2012, July). Psychophysical Analysis of the Contribution of the T1R2 and T1R3 Proteins in Taste Responsiveness to Sweeteners in a Mouse Model . In Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior. Presentation at the meeting of The Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Zurich, Switzerland. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2012, June). Psychophysical Analysis of the Contribution of the T1R2 and T1R3 Proteins in Taste Responsiveness to Sweeteners in a Mouse Model. In Fifteenth International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste. Presentation at the meeting of Fifteenth International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste, Stockholm, Sweden. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2011, November). Taste Function and Food Selection After Bariatric Surgery. In First Asian International Symposium on Chemoreception and Ingestive Behavior. Presentation at the meeting of First Asian International Symposium on Chemoreception and Ingestive Behavior, Fukuoka, Japan. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2011, September). Taste Function and Food Selection After Bariatric Surgery. In International Symposium on Flavors and Feeding. Presentation at the meeting of IngestiveBehaviorResearchCenter, PurdueUniversity, West Lafayette, IN. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2011, August). Potential Changes in Taste Function After Bariatric Surgery and Strategies for Their Assessment . In XVI World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders. Presentation at the meeting of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic, Hamburg, Germany. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2011, June). Behavioral Evidence for a Polysaccharide Taste Receptor That is Independent of the T1R2+3 Heterodimer in Mice. In Benjamin Franklin / Lafayette Symposium on Ingestive Behavior. Presentation at the meeting of Benjamin Franklin / Lafayette Symposium on Ingestive Behavior, Frejus, France. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2010, June). Behavioral Analysis of he Role of the T1R Family of Receptors in Taste Function. . In ETH Workshop: The Intestinal Wall – The Regulatory Interface in Energy Homeostasis. Presentation at the meeting of Centro Stefano Franscini, Ascona, Switzerand. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2010, June). Gastric Bypass and Taste. In Conference on Gastric Bypass and Taste. Presentation at the meeting of Roehampton University, London, UK. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2008, December). Linking the T1R2+3 Taste Receptor to the Psychophysics of Taste Quality in the Rodent Model . In The 2nd Annual Frontiers in Ingestive Behavior Symposium. Presentation at the meeting of Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. (National)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2008, December). Linking the T1R2+3 Taste Receptor to the Psychophysics of Taste Quality in the Rodent Model. In The 6th International Symposium on Molecular and Neural Mechanisms of Taste and OlfactoryPerception. Presentation at the meeting of KyushuUniversity, Fukuoka, Japan. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2008, March). The Functional Specialization of The Gustatory Nerves in the Rodent Model: Implications for Ingestive Behavior. In European Winter Conference on Brain Research. Presentation at the meeting of European Winter Conference on Brain Research, Les Arcs, France. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2006, June). Psychophysical Evaluation of The Role of the T1R Family Of Taste Receptors in Taste-guided Behavior in a Murine Model. In Benjamin Franklin / Lafayette Symposium on Ingestive Behavior. Presentation at the meeting of Benjamin Franklin / Lafayette Symposium on Ingestive Behavior, Frejus, France. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2006, March). The Use of Rodent Models to Link Neurobiological Processes with the Psychophysics of Taste. In Symposium on Sweetness and Sweeteners, Annual Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Presentation at the meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA. (National)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2005, August). The Functional Consequences of Gustatory Nerve Regeneration and Cross-regeneration as Assessed Psychophysically in a Rat Model. In Symposium on Peripheral-Central Interactions in the Control of Food Intake and Energy Balance. Presentation at the meeting of Symposium on Peripheral-Central Interactions in the Control of Food Intake and Energy Balance, Ascona, Switzerland. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2004, July). The Functional Consequences of Gustatory Nerve Regeneration as Assessed Behaviorally in a Rat Model. In The Thirteenth International Symposium of Olfaction and Taste. Presentation at the meeting of The Thirteenth International Symposium of Olfaction and Taste, Kyoto, Japan. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2002, June). The Functional Consequences of Gustatory Nerve Transection, Regeneration and Cross-Regeneration on Taste-Related Behavior. In Benjamin Franklin / Lafayette Symposium on Ingestive Behavior. Presentation at the meeting of Benjamin Franklin / Lafayette Symposium on Ingestive Behavior, La Napoule, France. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 1999, June). The Psychophysics of Sodium Taste Transduction in The Rat. In Benjamin Franklin/Lafayette Seminar on Ingestive Behavior. Presentation at the meeting of Benjamin Franklin/Lafayette Seminar on Ingestive Behavior, Chateau La Napoule, France. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 1997, August). Functional Organization of the Peripheral Gustatory System. In Brainstem Mechanisms of Ingestion and Gastrointestinal Physiology Meeting. Presentation at the meeting of Brainstem Mechanisms of Ingestion and Gastrointestinal Physiology Meeting, Lumley Castle, County Durham, United Kingdom. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 1995, August). Bilateral chorda tympani transection increases the distribution of pauses at the second harmonic of the interlick interval during water licking in rats. In Looking at Ingestive Consumption Kinetics Symposium. Presentation at the meeting of University of Southern Colorado, Pueblo, CO. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 1994, May). Taste Thresholds in Rats with Electrophysiologically-Guided Parabrachial Nucleus Lesions. In The Benjamin Franklin/Lafayette Seminar on Ingestive Behavior. Presentation at the meeting of The Benjamin Franklin/Lafayette Seminar on Ingestive Behavior, Chateau La Napoule, France. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 1993, November). Discussant. In Symposium - Behavioral, Neural, and Pharmacological Aspects of Palatability: Current Research on Taste Reactivity. Presentation at the meeting of Symposium - Behavioral, Neural, and Pharmacological Aspects of Palatability: Current Research on Taste Reactivity, Washington, D.C. (National)

Spector, A. C. (presented 1993, October). Discussant. In Kirin International Symposium on Bitter Taste. Presentation at the meeting of Kirin International Symposium on Bitter Taste, Tokyo, Japan. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 1993, July). Behavioral Evidence for The Primacy of The Chorda Tympani Nerve in Nacl Taste Sensibility in the Rat. In The Eleventh International Symposium of Olfaction and Taste. Presentation at the meeting of The Eleventh International Symposium of Olfaction and Taste, Sapporo, Japan. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 1987, April). Animal Taste Psychophysics. In Symposium on Behavioral Technology. Presentation at the meeting of Florida State University. (National)

Refereed Presentations at Conferences

Guerrero, I. E., Blonde, G. D., Rinaman, L. M., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2024, July). A Microstructural Analysis of Sucrose Licking in Glucagon Gene Knockdown (Gcg-KD) Rats. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Chicago, IL. (International)

Cawthon, C. R., Boyle, C. N., Nisi, A. V., Blonde, G. D., Krubitsky, B., le Rous, C. W., Lutz, T. A., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2024, July). Octreotide treatment increases meal size of a palatable cafeteria diet but not of chow in female rats after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Chicago, IL. (International)

Nisi, V., Arnold, M., Blonde, G. D., Row, B., Sanchez-Watts, G., Watts, A. G., Langhans, W., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2024, April). The Relative Effectiveness of Intraoral vs. Intragastric Infusions of Glucose to   Elicit Release of Insulin and Glucose-Dependent Insulinotropic Polypeptide in the Rat. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Bonita Springs, FL. (National)

Hamel, Elizabeth A, Girish, R., Krubitski, B., Blonde, G. D., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2023, July). Addition of 0.01M NaCl Does Not Lower Glucose Taste Detection Thresholds in Wild Type or Lead to Partial Glucose Detection in T1R3 Knockout Mice. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Portland, OR. (International)

Blonde, G. D., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2023, July). Previous maintenance diet impacts food preferences and meal patterns to a cafeteria-style diet consumed by female rats. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Portland, OR. (International)

Nisi, V., Arnold, M., Blonde, G. D., Inui, T., Schier, L. A., Hyde, K. A., Sanchez-Watts, G., Watts, A. G., Langhans, W., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2023, July). The Relative Effectiveness of Intraoral vs. Intragastric Infusions of Glucose to Elicit Release of Insulin and GLP-1 in the Rat. Presentation at Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Portland, OR. (International)

Cawthon, C. R., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2023, April). Combined transection of the glossopharyngeal and chorda tympani nerves alters food choice, macronutrient intake, and meal patterns in male rats. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Bonita Springs, FL. (National)

Hamel, E. A., Williams, E., Spector, A. C., & Dewan, A. (presented 2023, April). Olfactory Detection of Maltrin, a Maltodextrin, in C57BL/6J Mice. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Bonita Springs, FL. (National)

Hamel, E. A., Blonde, G. D., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2022, July). Lingual Gustatory Denervation Blunts Concentration-Dependent Licking of Maltodextrin and Sucrose in Wild Type and T1R3 Knock-Out Mice in a Brief-Access Test. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Porto, Portugal. (International)

Cawthon, C. R., Blonde, G. D., le Roux, C. W., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2022, July). The Effects of Semaglutide Treatment on Energy Intake, Sucrose Preference, and Body Weight Loss in Rats. Presentation at Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Porto, Portugal. (International)

Cawthon, C. R., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2022, July). The Response of Rats to Cafeteria Diets is Influenced by Specific Food Choices and Varies Over Time. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Porto, Portugal. (International)

Cawthon, C. R., Blonde, G. D., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2021, July). Chorda Tympani Nerve Transection Does Not Permanently Alter Intake and Meal Patterns in a Cafeteria Diet Paradigm in Rats Presurgically Exposed to the Foods. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Virtual. (International)

Blonde, G. D., Price, R. K., Livingstone, M. B. E., le Roux, C. W., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2021, July). Meal Patterns And Food Choices of Female Rats Given a Cafeteria-Style Diet Before and After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Virtual. (International)

Hyde, K. M., Blonde, G. D., Nisi, V., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2021, July). The Influence of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass And Diet on Nacl and Sucrose Taste Detection Thresholds and Number of Circumvallate and Fungiform Taste Buds in Female Rats. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Virtual. (International)

Blonde, G. D., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2021, April). A time course of the number of taste buds and their reinnervation with P2X3-expressing fibers in fungiform and  circumvallate papillae after gustatory nerve transections in the C57BL/6J mouse. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Virtual. (National)

Jung, A-Hyun, King, C. T., Blonde, G. D., King, M., Griggs, C., Hashimoto, K., Spector, A. C., & Schier, L. (presented 2021, April). The Role of Posterior Insular Cortex in Taste-Visceroceptive Learning. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Virtual. (National)

Balasubramanian, K., Blonde, G. D., Spector, A. C., & Travers, S. P. (presented 2020, August). Gustatory Neural Responses To Sugars And Amino Acids In The Parabrachial Nucleus Of Type 1 Taste Receptor (T1R1+T1R3) Double Knockout Mice. Poster presentation at International Symposium of Olfaction and Taste, Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Virtual. (International)

Inui, T., Inui-Yamamoto, C., Schmid, F., Blonde, G. D., & Spector, A. (presented 2019, July). Effects of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass on Sugar-Associated Flavor Preference Learning in Rats. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Utrecht, The Netherlands. (International)

Blonde, G. D., Mathes, C. M., Inui, T., Hamel, E. A., le Roux, C. W., & Spector, A. (presented 2019, July). Intraoral Sucrose Intake and Consummatory Oromotor Responses Following following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass In in Rats. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Utrecht, The Netherlands. (International)

Inui-Yamamoto, C., Blonde, G. D., Inui, T., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2019, July). The Effects of Combined Transection of the Chorda Tympani and Glossopharyngeal Nerves in C57BL/6J, 129S1/SvlmJ, and T1R2+T1R3 Knockout Mice on Responsiveness to Maltodextrin and Sucrose in a Brief Access Test. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Utrecht, The Netherlands. (International)

Blonde, G. D., Inui-Yamamoto, C., Mariotti, L., Campora, M., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2019, April). Bulbotomy Blunts but Does Not Eliminate Concentration-Dependent Preference for Sucrose and Maltrin in Long-Term Intake Tests in C57BL/6J and T1R2+T1R3 Knockout Mice. Poster presentation at 41st Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Bonita Springs, FL. (National)

Inui-Yamamoto, C., Schmid, F., Blonde, G. D., Inui, T., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2019, April). Olfactory Bulbotomy Blunts Concentration-Dependent Responsiveness to Intralipid, Sucrose and Na-Saccharin, but not to Quinine Hydrochloride and Citric Acid in a Brief Access Licking Test in Mice. Poster presentation at 41st Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Bonita Springs, FL. (National)

Hyde, K. M., Bueter, M., le Roux, C. W., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2019, April). Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery Influences Intake and Preference of Glucose Solutions with No Effects on Concentration-Dependent Licking in Brief Access Tests in Female Rats. Poster presentation at 41st Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Bonita Springs, FL. (National)

Inui, T., Hyde, K. M., Blonde, G. D., Mathes, C., & Spector, A. (presented 2018, July). Effects of Chronic Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonism on Sucrose Licking Microstructure in Male Rats. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Bonita Springs, FL. (International)

Inui-Yamamoto, C., Blonde, G. D., Schier, L. A., & Spector, A. (presented 2018, July). Olfactory Bulbotomy in Wild Type and T1R2+T1R3 Knockout Mice Severely Blunts Concentration-Dependent Responsiveness to Maltodextrin and Sucrose in a Brief Access Test. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Bonita Springs, FL. (International)

Hyde, K. M., Blonde, G. D., le Roux, C. W., & Spector, A. (presented 2018, July). Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Lowers Sucrose Consumption and Preference in Two-Bottle Intake Tests without Decreasing Concentration-Dependent Licking in a Brief Access Test in Female Rats. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Bonita Springs, FL. (International)

Bales, M. B., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2018, April). Large Bilateral and Right Unilateral Gustatory Cortex Lesions, Not Left Unilateral Lesions, Significantly Impair Taste Sensitivity to NaCl but Not to Maltrin or Citric Acid in Rats. Poster presentation at 40th Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Association for Chemoreception Sciences. (National)

Blonde, G., Schmid, F., & Spector, A. (presented 2017, July). An Analysis of Licking Microstructure in Two Inbred Mouse Strains. Presentation at Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior. (International)

Balasubramanian, K., Blonde, G., Spector, A., & Travers, S. (presented 2017, April). Neuronal Responses to Sugars and Amino Acids in the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract of T1R1+T1R3 and T1R2+T1R3 Double-Knockout Mice. Presentation at Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Bonita Springs, FL. (National)

Blonde, G., Travers, S., & Spector, A. (presented 2017, April). Psychophysically Assessed Taste Sensitivity to a Mixture of Monosodium Glutamate and Inosine-5'-monophosphate by T1R1+T1R3 Double Knockout, C57BL/6J, and 129X1/SvJ Mice. Presentation at Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Bonita Springs, FL. (National)

Schier, L., Hyde, K., & Spector, A. (presented 2017, April). Re-Examining the Aversion versus Avoidance Hypothesis for Tastes Associated with Lithium Chloride (LiCl) or Lactose in Rats. Presentation at Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Association for Chemoreception Sciences. (National)

Schier, L., & Spector, A. (presented 2016, July). Behavioral evidence for a T1R2+T1R3-independent sugar taste receptor in mice. Presentation at Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Porto, Portugal. (International)

Arnold, M., Garcia, A., Langhans, W., & Spector, A. (presented 2016, July). Hepatic Portal Vein (HPV) Measurements Confirm that Glucose but not Fructose Stimulates Cephalic Phase Insulin Response (CPIR) in Rats. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Porto, Portugal. (International)

Hyde, K., Blonde, G., le Roux, C., & Spector, A. (presented 2016, July). Liraglutide Treatment Decreases Total Intake Without Affecting Proportional Calories Taken from Macronutrients. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Porto, Portugal. (International)

Blonde, G., & Spector, A. (presented 2016, April). Liminal Sensitivity fFor the Components of Mixtures in Rats: Nacl and Sucrose. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Bonita Springs, FL. (National)

King, C., Blonde, G., King, M., Hashimoto, K., Schier, L., & Spector, A. (presented 2016, April). Oromotor Taste Reactivity Measured during a LiCl-induced State Reveals the Rapid Formation and Retention of a Conditioned Taste Aversion in Rats with Lesions in a Subregion of Insular Cortex Implicated in Taste Aversion Learning. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Bonita Springs, FL. (National)

Schier, L. A., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2015, July). Rats Learn to Prefer the Orosensory Properties of Glucose over those of Fructose. Presentation at Thwenty-Third Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Denver, CO. (International)

Smith, K. R., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2015, April). Further Psychophysical Evidence that the Taste of Glucose Polymers is Transduced via a T1R2+T1R3-Independent Mechanism in Mice. Poster presentation at The 37th Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Bonita Springs, FL. (National)

Bales, M. B., Schier, L. A., Blonde, G. D., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2015, April). Large Bilateral Gustatory Cortex Lesions Significantly Impair Taste Sensitivity to KCl and Quinine but Not to Sucrose in Rats. Poster presentation at The 37th Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Bonita Springs, FL. (National)

Schier, L. A., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2015, March). Behavioral Effects of Postoral Nutrient-Related Stimulation on Taste-Guided Responses in a Rat Model. Poster presentation at IrSPEN Conference 2015, Nutrition in Medicine and Healthcare, Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, Dublin, Ireland. (National)

Schier, L. A., Blonde, G. D., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2014, July). Role of Posterior Gustatory Cortex in Conditioned Taste Aversion Expression. Presentation at Annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Seattle, WA. (International)

Smith, K. R., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2014, July). The Role of the T1R2+T1R3 Heterodimer in Polycose Taste Detection as Psychophysically Assessed in a Mouse Model. Presentation at Annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Seattle, WA. (International)

Mathes, C. M., Bohnenkamp, R. A., le Roux, C. W., & Spector, A. (presented 2014, April). Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in Rats Decreases the Intake of Sweet and Fatty Liquids in a Manner Inconsistent with Alterations of Orosensory-Based Palatability. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Bonita Springs, FL. (National)

Bohenenkamp, R. A., Mathes, C. M., Coretville, C., Bueter, M., Lutz, T. A., le Roux, C. W., & Spector, A. (presented 2014, April). Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery Does Not Reduce Orosensory-Based Appetitive Behavior for Fat-Containing Solutions Even When Preference is Decreased. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Bonita Springs, FL. (National)

Nonrefereed Presentations at Conferences

Spector, A. C., Hyde, K. M., Mathes, C. M., & Blonde, Ginger D,. (presented 2022, February). Does Gastric Bypass Alter Taste Function? Presentation at Swiss Winter Conference on Ingestive Behavior, Swiss Winter Conference on Ingestive Behavior, St. Moritz, Switzerland. (International)

Gero, D., File, B., Frick, L., Steinert, R., Spector, A. C., & Bueter, M. (presented 2019, February). Microstructural Analysis of Liquid Lunch Intake after Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass – Interim Results at 3-Months of an Exploratory Prospective Controlled Study. Presentation at Tenth Annual Winter Conference on Ingestive Behavior, Sixth Annual Winter Conference on Ingestive Behavior, St. Moritz, Switzerland. (International)

Schier, L. A., & Spector, A. C. (presented 2015, March). Discerning the Functional Organization of Taste-Visceral Integrative Behaviors in the Insular Cortex of the Rat. Presentation at Sixth Annual Winter Conference on Ingestive Behavior, Sixth Annual Winter Conference on Ingestive Behavior, St. Moritz, Swizterland. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2015, March). Lessons from Lesions in the Gustatory Zone of the Insular Cortex: Implications and Future Directions. Presentation at Sixth Annual Winter Conference on Ingestive Behavior, Sixth Annual Winter Conference on Ingestive Behavior, St. Moritz, Switzerland. (International)

Spector, A. C. (presented 2009, February). The Psychophysics of Taste Quality in the Rodent Model: Implications for Receptor Processes. Presentation at The 1st Swiss Winter Ingestion Conference, The 1st Swiss Winter Ingestion Conference, St. Moritz, Switzerland. (International)

Invited Workshops

Spector, A. (2016, September). Basics of Grant Writing Workshop. Workshop delivered at Office of Research, Florida State University, Florida State University. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (2015, February). 2015 A.S.P.E.N. Research Workshop - Taste Signaling: Impact on Food Selection, Intake, and Health. Workshop delivered at American Society for Parenetal and Enteral Nutrition, Long Beach, CA. (International)

Invited Lectures and Readings of Original Work

Spector, A. C. (2022, May). Oromotor and Somatic Taste Reactivity:  A Way to Make to Make Inferences on Internal States. Delivered at Wagi Seminar, Schlierin Campus, Institute of Veterinary Physiology, University of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (2022, April). Taste, Food Selection, and Gastric Bypass in the Rat Model. Delivered at Institute of Food, Nutrition, and Health, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH), Schwerzenbach, Switzerland. (Local)

Spector, A. (2019, November). The Assessment of Taste Function in Rodent Models After Manipulations in the Peripheral Gustatory and Olfactory Systems and After Gastric Bypass. Delivered at Department of Oral Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan. (Local)

Spector, A. (2018, March). Gastric Bypass: Taste, Palatability, and Food Selection. Delivered at MindCore seminar Series, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. (Local)

Spector, A. (2018, March). Taste, Palatability, Food Section, and Gastric Bypass. Delivered at Neuroscience Seminar Series, University of Illinois, University of illinois, Urbana-Champagne, IL. (Local)

Spector, A. (2017, June). Grand Rounds: Taste, Palatability, Food Selection, and Gastric Bypass. Delivered at University of Zurich Hospital. (Local)

Spector, A. (2017, January). Taste, Palatability, Food Section, and Gastric Bypass. Delivered at Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. (National)

Spector, A. (2016, October). Taste, Palatability, Food Section, and Gastric Bypass. Delivered at Department of Food and Nutrition, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. (Local)

Spector, A. (2016, January). Taste, Ingestive Motivation, and Gastric Bypass. Delivered at Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (2015, May). Taste, Palatability, and Gastric Bypass. Delivered at German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam, Germany. (Local)

Spector, A. (2014, June). Linking Peripheral Taste Mechanisms to Behavior. Delivered at Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. (International)

Spector, A. C. (2013, December). Discerning the Functional Topography of Gustatory Cortex in a Rat Model. Delivered at The John B. Pierce Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, CT. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (2013, December). Discerning the Functional Topography of Gustatory Cortex in a Rat Model. Delivered at Kresge Hearing Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (2013, October). Discerning the Functional Topography of Gustatory Cortex in a Rat Model. Delivered at Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (2013, March). Linking Peripheral Taste Receptor Mechanisms to Behavior. Delivered at University of Illinois at Chicago. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (2012, June). Linking Salt Taste Transduction to Behavior . Delivered at Physiology and Behavior Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH), Schwerzenbach, Switzerland. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (2012, May). Linking Salt Taste Transduction to Behavior . Delivered at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (2012, February). Linking Salt Taste Transduction to Behavior . Delivered at Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (2009, October). Linking Salt Taste Transduction to Behavior in Rodent Models . Delivered at Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (2009, August). Behavioral Assessment of Taste Function in Rodent Models: Salt Taste. Delivered at Department of Investigative Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (2006, December). Re-Wiring the Gustatory System: A Behavioral Analysis of Functional Consequences. Delivered at Columbia University Seminar on Appetitive Behavior, Columbia University, New York, NY. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (2006, May). Re-Wiring the Gustatory System: A Behavioral Analysis of Functional Consequences. Delivered at Department of Foods and Nutrition, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (2006, February). Re-Wiring the Gustatory System: A Behavioral Analysis of Functional Consequences. Delivered at Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (2005, November). A Neurobehavioral Analysis of Taste Function: Lessons from Rats and Mice. Delivered at Department of Psychology, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (2004, July). The Functional Consequences of Gustatory Nerve Regeneration as Assessed Behaviorally in a Rat Model . Delivered at Department of Oral Physiology, School of Dentistry, Meikai University, Sakatoshi, Japan. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (2004, July). The Functional Consequences of Gustatory Nerve Regeneration as Assessed Behaviorally in a Rat Model . Delivered at Department of Biological Regulation, Tottori School of Medicine, Yonago, Japan. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (2003, November). A Mouthful of Taste: A Talk on the Functional Organization of the Peripheral Gustatory System. Delivered at Sigma Xi Lecture, University of Florida Chapter. (National)

Spector, A. C. (2002, December). The Functional Organization of the Peripheral Gustatory System: Lessons from Behavior . Delivered at Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (2002, March). The Functional Organization of the Peripheral Gustatory System: Lessons from Behavior . Delivered at Psychobiology Graduate Program, Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (2001, May). Sodium Taste Detection and Recognition: Linking Neurobiology to Behavior. Delivered at Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (2001, March). Sodium Taste Detection and Recognition: Linking Neurobiology to Behavior . Delivered at Neuroscience Graduate Program Seminar Series, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (2000, March). The Psychophysics of Sodium Taste Transduction in The Rat. Delivered at Hearing and Chemical Senses Training Program, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (1999, November). The Psychophysics of Sodium Taste in the Rat. Delivered at Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (1999, January). Neural Coding in the Peripheral Gustatory System: A Psychophysical Analysis of Sodium Taste in the Rat. Delivered at Neuroscience Program, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (1998). Speaker. Delivered at Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (1995, March). Behavioral approaches to understanding neural coding in the gustatory system. Delivered at Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (1994). Speaker. Delivered at Department of Physiology, University of Florida. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (1993, August). Behavioral Approaches to Understanding the Functional Organization of the Peripheral Gustatory System. Delivered at Department of Behavioral Physiology, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (1993, July). Behavioral Approaches to Understanding the Functional Organization of the Peripheral Gustatory System. Delivered at Department of Physiology, Tottori School of Medicine, Yonago, Japan. (National)

Spector, A. C. (1993, June). Analysis of Taste Reactivity in Rats. Delivered at Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (1990, March). Sensory Coding of Salt Taste: A Behavioral Analysis. Delivered at Department of Psychology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (1990, January). Sensory Coding of Salt Taste: A Behavioral Analysis. Delivered at Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. (Local)

Spector, A. C. (1988, March). The Measurement of Gustatory Sensibility in Rats. Delivered at The Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA. (Local)

Contracts and Grants

Contracts and Grants Funded

Spector, Alan C (Co-PI), Vincis, Roberto (Co-PI), & Marques, Mariela (PI). (Dec 2024–Dec 2027). Investigating How Temperature Shapes Salt Perception. Funded by National Institute on Deafness. (1F31DC021630-01A1). Total award $43,474. 

Spector, Alan C (Co-PI), & Cawthon, Carolina R (PI). (Jan 2024–Jul 2024). The Contribution of Taste to Nutrient-Related Ingestive Behavior. Funded by National Institute on Deafness. (R21DC021498). Total award $192,500. 

Spector, Alan C (PI). (May 2021–May 2026). Bridge Funds - A. Spector. Funded by FSU. (None). Total award $98,800. 

Fadool, Debra A (Co-PI), Lee, Choogon (Co-PI), Spector, Alan C (Co-PI), Williams, Diana L (Co-PI), Delp, Michael D (Co-PI), Hammock, Elizabeth Anne Dunn (Co-PI), Delp, Judy Muller (Co-PI), Gordon, Bradley S (Co-PI), Singh, Prashant (Co-PI), Hennigar, Stephen R (Co-PI), Parvatiyar, Michelle Anne Stegemeyer (Co-PI), La Favor, Justin D (Co-PI), Storace, Douglas A (Co-PI), & Steiner, Jennifer (PI). (Jan 2020–Apr 2020). EIEG:Purchase of EchoMRI to Assess Body Composition in Mice, Rats and Tissue Specimens. Funded by FSU CRC. (None). Total award $70,000. 

Spector, Alan C (PI). (Aug 2019–Jul 2025). Neural Bases Of Cephalic Phase Endocrine Responses. Funded by National Institutes of Health. (R01DK118910). Total award $2,464,659. 

Spector, Alan C (PI). (May 2016–Apr 2023). Translational Analyses of Ingestive Behavior After Gastric Bypass. Funded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders. (R01-DK106112-A1). Total award $1,651,093. 

Spector, Alan C (PI). (May 2016–Apr 2023). Translational Analyses of Ingestive Behavior After Gastric Bypass. Funded by National Institute of Diabetes. (R01DK106112). Total award $1,685,036. 

Spector, Alan C (PI). (May 2015–Apr 2022). Psychophysical Evaluation of Taste Function. Funded by National Institute on Deafness. (R01DC004574). Total award $2,202,743. 

Spector, Alan C (Co-PI), & Schier, Lindsey Anne (PI). (Jun 2013–Jan 2015). Psychophysical Assessment of Postgastric Chemospecific Influences on Taste. Funded by National Institute on Deafness. (F32DC013494). Total award $81,405. 

Spector, Alan C (PI). (Sep 2012–Aug 2015). Motivational Changes for Nutritionally Relevant Tastes After Gastric Bypass. Funded by National Institute on Deafness. (R21DC012751). Total award $389,164. 

Spector, Alan C (PI). (Sep 2012–Aug 2015). NIDCD Research Core Center P30. Funded by University of Florida. (kUF12250). Total award $421,785. 

Spector, Alan C (PI). (Sep 2011–Aug 2013). NIDCD Research Core Center P30. Funded by University of Florida. (UF11179). Total award $263,228. 

Spector, Alan C (PI). (Sep 2010–Aug 2017). Functional Organization of the Central Gustatory System. Funded by National Institute on Deafness. (R01DC009821). Total award $1,491,099. 

Spector, Alan C (PI). (Sep 2010–Aug 2011). NIDCD Research Core Center P30. Funded by University of Florida. (UF10105). Total award $372,845. 

Spector, Alan C (PI). (Sep 2009–Aug 2010). Core Center: NIDCD Research Core Center. Funded by University of Florida. (UF09147). Total award $260,749. 

Spector, Alan C (PI), & Mathes, Clare Marie (Co-PI). (Aug 2009–Aug 2012). Serotonergic Modulation of Taste. Funded by National Institute on Deafness. (F32DC010517). Total award $150,726. 

Spector, Alan C (PI). (May 2007–Aug 2012). Psychophysical Analysis of Taste Function. Funded by National Institute on Deafness. (R01DC004574). Total award $1,234,111. 

Spector, Alan C (PI). (May 2007–Mar 2009). Functional Organization of the Peripheral Gustatory System. Funded by National Institute on Deafness. (R01DC001628). Total award $41,670. 

Dotson, C. D., & Spector, A. C. (2004–2006). Minority Predoctoral Fellowship. Funded by Individual National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health. (F31-DC007358). Total award $56,506. 

Grobe, C. L., & Spector, A. C. (2004–2006). Taste Working Memory & Discrimination: A New Method. Funded by National Institutes of Health. (F31-DC007301). Total award $56,844. 

Spector, A. C. (2002–2008). The Functional Organization of the Peripheral Gustatory System. Funded by National Institutes of Health. (R01-DC01628). Total award $1,481,093. 

Geran, L. C., & Spector, A. C. (2001–2002). The Psychophysics of Salt Taste Transduction Pathways. Funded by National Institutes of Health. (F31-DC05107). Total award $42,643. 

Spector, A. C. (2000–2005). Psychophysical Evaluation of Taste Function. Funded by National Institutes of Health. (R01-DC04574). Total award $895,940. 

Glendinning, J. I., & Spector, A. C. (1999–2002). High-Throughput Screens for Assessing Taste Sensitivity. Funded by National Institutes of Health. (R01-DC04475). Total award $404,941. 

Spector, A. C. (1996–2001). The Functional Organization of the Peripheral Gustatory System. Funded by National Institutes of Health. (R01-DC01628). Total award $597,704. 

Spector, A. C. (1996–2000). Subproject: The Effects of Perinatal Salt Exposure on Taste Function:Influence of Early Salt Diet on Taste and Blood Pressure. Funded by National Institutes of Health. (P01-DC02641). Total award $347,784. 

Spector, A. C. (1996–1996). Gordon Research Conference on the Chemical Senses. Funded by National Science Foundation. Total award $5,000. 

Spector, A. C. (1996–1996). Gordon Research Conference on the Chemical Senses. Funded by National Institutes of Health. (R13- DC03075). Total award $24,248. 

Markison, S., & Spector, A. C. (1996–1998). Taste-Guided Behavioral Recovery from Lysine Deficiency. Funded by National Institutes of Health. (F31-MH11420). Total award $26,546. 

Spector, A. C. (1995–1999). Research Career Development Award: Assessment of Peripheral Gustatory Function. Funded by National Institutes of Health. (K04-DC00104). Total award $315,250. 

Spector, A. C. (1994–1995). The Effect of Bitter Taste on Patterns of Ingestive Behavior: Contribution of the Lingual Receptor Fields. Funded by Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd. Total award $4,000. 

Spector, A. C. (1993–1996). The Functional Organization of the Peripheral Gustatory System. Funded by National Institutes of Health. (R01-DC01628). Total award $255,914. 

Spector, A. C. (1992–1992). Graduate Research Assistantship Program. Funded by Division of Sponsored Research, University of Florida. Total award $3,918. 

Spector, A. C. (1990–1990). New Faculty Research Support Award. Funded by Division of Sponsored Research, University of Florida. Total award $9,770. 

Spector, A. C. (1988–1993). Subproject: The Role of the Parabrachial Nucleus in Taste Discrimination:University of Pennsylvania Smell and Taste Center. Funded by National Institutes of Health. (P01-NS16365). Total award $344,563. 

Spector, A. C. (1987–1988). The Role of the Caudal Brainstem in Aversive Visceral States. Funded by National Institutes of Health. (F32-NS07915). Total award $52,000. 

Contracts and Grants Pending

Spector, Alan C (PI), & Rinaman, Linda M (Co-I). (Nov 2022). Behavioral Mechanisms of Semaglutide Treatment for Obesity. Submitted to National Institutes of Health. Unspecified award amount. 

Contracts and Grants Denied

Spector, Alan C (Co-PI), & Hyde, Kellie (PI). (Dec 2018). Effects of Obesity, Diet, and Gastric Bypass on Taste Sensitivity. Submitted to National Institutes of Health. Unspecified award amount. 

Spector, Alan C (Contact), Watts, A. G., & Wolfrum, C. (Dec 2017). Neural Bases of Cephalic Phase Endocrine Responses. Submitted to NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES. Unspecified award amount. 

Spector, Alan C (Co-PI), & Schier, Lindsey Anne (PI). (Nov 2015). Behavioral And Neural Aspects Of Taste-Postingestive Integrative Processing. Submitted to National Institutes of Health. Unspecified award amount. 

Smith, Kimberly Denese (PI), & Spector, Alan C (Co-PI). (Apr 2014). The Neural Circuitry Underlying &quot;Umami&quot; Taste Perception in Gustatory Context. Submitted to National Institutes of Health. Unspecified award amount. 

Postdoctoral Supervision

Cawthon, C. R. (Sep 2020–Dec 2023). 

Inui, T. (Apr 2017–Jan 2020). 

Inui-Yamamoto, C. (Apr 2017–Mar 2019). 

Schier, L. (2012–17). 

Mathes, C. (2008–14). 

Hashimoto, K. (2011–13). 

Jiang, E. (2004–08). 

Eylam, S. (2000–05). 

King, C. T. (1996–98). 

Additional Research or Original Creative Work Not Reported Elsewhere

Spector, A. C. (2019). CLASSIC 20: Trace Conditioning in Taste Aversion Learning; Ingestive Classics. Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior. 

Spector, A. (2015). George Wolf and innate mechanisms of Sodium Appetite. Ingestive Classics. Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior. 

Service

Florida State University

FSU University Service

Member, Animal Research Advisory Committee (2019).

Chair, Animal Research Advisory Committee (2013–2018).

Member, Laboratory Animal Resources Director Search Committee (2017).

Chair, Biomedical Advisory Committee (2012–2013).

Member, Animal Use and Care Committee (2009–2011).

FSU College Service

Chair, Neuroscience Program Director Nominating Committee (2013–2014).

FSU Department Service

Member, Adam Dewan Mentor Committee (2018–present).

Chair, Aaron Wilber Mentor Committee (2016–present).

Chair, Department of Psychology James C. Smith Lecture Committee (2008–present).

Member, Department of Psychology Faculty Development Committee (2024–2026).

Member, Grants Specialist Search Committee (2024).

Member, Grants Specialist Search Committee (2024).

Member, Department of Psychology Faculty Development Committee (2019–2021).

Member, Space Committee (2016–2018).

Member, Neuroscience Faculty Search Committee (2017–2018).

Chair, Neuroscience Faculty Search Committee (2013–2014).

Chair, Department of Psychology Mentor Committee for Dr. Diana Williams (2008–2013).

Member, Department of Psychology Mentor Committee for Dr. Joyce Ehrlinger (2009–2012).

Member, Department of Psychology Graduate Research Day Committee (2010–2011).

Member, Department of Psychology Faculty Development Committee (2008–2010).

Member, Department of Psychology Elections Committee (2007–2009).

FSU Program Service

Member, Program in Neuroscience Executive Committee (2022–present).

Chair, Program in Neuroscience Colloquium Committee (2011–present).

Member, Program in Neuroscience Executive Committee (2013–2014).

Member, Program in Neuroscience Neuroscience Colloquium Committee (2008–2011).

The Profession

Editor for Refereed Journals

Executive Editor, Chemical Senses (2008–2021).

Editorial Board Membership(s)

Physiology & Behavior (2016–present).

Chemical Senses (2008–2021).

Chemical Senses (2000–2007).

American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology (1994–1998).

Chair of a Symposium

Spector, A. (Chair). (2018, April). Bariatric Surgery and its Effects on Taste and Food Selection. Symposium conducted at the meeting of Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Bonita Springs, FL. 

Spector, A. (Chair). (2016, July). Channeling Taste. Symposium conducted at the meeting of Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Porto, Portugal. 

Reviewer or Panelist for Grant Applications

Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group 2023/10 ZRG1 EMS-S (02), NIH M (2023).

University of Washington Medicine Diabetes Institute, Diabetes Research Center and Nutrition Obesity (2023).

Pennsylvania Department of Health (2022).

Special Emphasis Panel, Member Conflict: Integrative Neuroscience, NIH (2020).

Ad-Hoc Member, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology Study Section (MCE), NIH (2019).

Lasker Review Panel, National Institute of Nursing Research (2018).

Ad-Hoc Member, NIDCD Fellowship Review Panel, National Institutes of Health (2017–2018).

Pennsylvania Department of Health (2017).

Ad-Hoc Member, Integrative Physiology of Obesity and Diabetes Study Section, NIH (2017).

Ad-Hoc Reviewer for Israel Science Foundation (2016).

Ad-Hoc Member, Neurobiology of Motivation (NMB) Study Section, National Institutes of Health (2015–2016).

Ad-Hoc Member, R15 Area Grant Review Panel, National Institutes of Health (2012).

NIH Intramural Center for Tobacco Regulatory Science Review Panel, National Institutes of Health (2012).

Pennsylvania Department of Health (2012).

Member, Neuroendocrinology, Neuroimmunology, Rhythms and Sleep Study Section, National Institutes of (2008–2012).

Ad-hoc Member, Member, Neuroendocrinology, Neuroimmunology and Behavior Study Section, National Inst (2007).

Ad-hoc Member, Communication Disorders Rev. Comm., National Institute on Deafness and Other Communic (2006).

Ad-hoc Member, Somatosensory and Chemical Senses Study Section, National Institutes of Health (2006).

Ad-hoc Member, Communication Disorders Rev. Comm., National Institute on Deafness and Other Communic (2004).

Ad-hoc Member, Communication Disorders Rev. Comm., National Institute on Deafness and Other Communic (2002).

Member, Integrative, Functional, and Cognitive Neuroscience - 4 Study Section (IFCN-4), National Ins (2000–2002).

Temporary Member, Integrative, Functional, and Cognitive Neuroscience - 4 Study Section (IFCN-4), Na (1998–2000).

Temporary Member, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Review Panel (IFCN-7), National Institut (1998).

Temporary Member, Sensory Disorders and Language Study Section (CMS), National Institutes of Health (1997–1998).

Member, Special Emphasis Review Panel of High Risk/High Impact Applications, National Institute on D (1997).

Member, Special Emphasis Review Panel, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disord (1994).

Service to Professional Associations

Subject Matter Expert, NIDCD Virtual Idea Generation Meeting, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (2021).

Chair, Federal Liaison Committee, Federal Liaison Committee, Association for Chemoreception Sciences (2015–2021).

Chair, Long-Range Planning Committee, Long-Range Planning Committee, Society for Study of Ingestive Behavior (2011–2018).

Member, Taste Working Group, Pediatric Formulation Initiative, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (2011–2015).

Past-President, Assocation for Chemoreception Sciences (2013–2014).

Chair, Elections Committee, Association for Chemoreception Sciences (2013–2014).

President, Association for Chemoreception Sciences (2012–2013).

President-Elect, Association for Chemoreception Sciences (2011–2012).

Awards Committee, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (2011).

Past President, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (2008–2009).

President, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (2007–2008).

President-Elect, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (2006–2007).

Member, Task Specific Group, Pediatric Formulation Initiative: Prioritization of Research Needs in Taste, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (2006–2007).

Program Committee, Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences (2003).

Program Chair, the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences (2001–2002).

Chair, Long Range Planning Committee, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (1999–2002).

Member, Board of Directors, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (2000–2001).

Member, Program Committee for the Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences (2000–2001).

Member, Tucker Memorial Award Selection Committee, Association for Chemoreception Sciences (1999).

Co-organizer, Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (1998–1999).

Member, Long Range Planning Committee, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (1996–1999).

Vice-Chair, 1996 Gordon Conference on the Chemical Senses (1996).

Chairman, Tucker Memorial Award Selection Committee, Association for Chemoreception Sciences (1988).