Susan Travers, MS, PhD

Professor
Education

MS/Specialty
University of Wyoming, 1978, Psychology (Neuroscience) 

PhD
University of Wyoming, 1980, Psychology (Neuroscience) 

Research Interests

Taste, oral tactile, thermal and olfactory information combine to elicit the complex experience of flavor. Studying the initial brainstem processing of gustatory signals using in vivo neurophysiology to determine how single neurons integrate gustatory information from different oral regions and code distinctive taste qualities. Neuroanatomical tracing and immunohistochemical experiments elucidate the pathways and neurochemistry underlying the impact of taste on feeding circuits.  Immunohistochemistry for immediate-early genes serves as an activity marker that allows investigation of taste quality maps and the connectivity and neurochemistry of functionally-defined neurons. Recent experiments combine behavioral pharmacology with in vivo and in vitro neurophysiology and immunohistochemistry to elucidate how opiate neuropeptides and signals from the gastrointestinal tract modify taste perceptions and reactions. 

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Susan Travers
Contact
Phone
Office Address

4153 Postle Hall
305 W. 12th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210
United States

Lab Phone
614-292-4046
Academic Division