Describes molecular, electrophysiological, engineering, genetic, behavioral, psychophysical, and imaging techniques that have been adapted to investigate the basic neuronal mechanisms underlying chemoreception. This book investigates various aspects of taste and olfaction.

Written by world experts in the field of neuronal chemoreception, Methods in Chemosensory Research describes new molecular, electrophysiological, genetic, behavioral, psychophysical, and imaging techniques that have recently been adapted to investigate the basic neuronal mechanisms underlying chemoreception: taste, olfaction and chemical-induced irritation. This unique book includes a wide variety of new and innovative imaging methods, electrophysiological methods, methods to investigate development, and various aspects of behavioral testing. Covering the entire spectrum of chemoreception, each section not only describes what information can be obtained by using each method, but also shows how to apply each method to obtain reliable results. The book presents a comprehensive view of how the brain uses information about chemical stimuli that interact with receptors in the nose and tongue. Methods in Chemosensory Research gives you the new tools to learn how chemicals affect activity from the genetic to the behavioral levels.

"?The authors are to be congratulated for doing step-by-step 'how-to' descriptions of many current techniques in the field, something any new researcher or student will find very useful?found the writing style to be consistently readable and informative. Much practical information is given?This book represents the kind of basic and well-written laboratory manual and overview textbook longed for in every field. I recommend it to graduate students, laboratory supervisors, and researchers?"Perceptual Motor Skills, 2002