Stratford, JM & Contreras, RJ. Saliva and other taste stimuli are important for gustatory processing of linoleic acid. Am. J. Physiol. Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol., 297: R1162-R1170, 2009. PDF
Garcia, JM, Curtis, KS, and Contreras, RJ. Behavioral and electrophysiological taste responses change following brief or prolonged dietary sodium deprivation. Am. J. Physiol. Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol., 295: R1754-R1761, 2008. PDF
Frank, ME, Lundy, RF, and Contreras, RJ. Cracking Taste Codes by Tapping into Sensory Neuron Impulse Traffic. Progress in Neurobiology, 86: 245-263, 2008. PDF
Stratford, JM, Curtis, KS, and Contreras, RJ. Linoleic acid increases chorda tympani nerve responses to and behavioral preferences for monosodium glutamate by male and female rats. Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol 295: 764-772, 2008. PDF
Krause, EG, Curtis, KS, TL, Markle, JP, and Contreras, RJ. Oestrogen affects the cardiovascular and central responses to isoproterenol of female rats. J. Physiol. 582.1: 435-447, 2007. PDF
Breza, JM, Curtis, KS, and Contreras, RJ. Monosodium glutamate but not linoleic acid differentially activates gustatory neurons of the rat geniculate ganglion. Chem. Senses, 32: 833-846, 2007. PDF
Breza, J.M., Curtis, K.S.,
& Contreras, R. J. Temperature Modulates Taste Responsiveness and
Stimulates Gustatory Neurons in the Rat Geniculate Ganglion. J. Neurophysiol 95: 674-685, 2006. PDF
Dietz, D.M., Curtis, K.S.,
& Contreras, R. J. Taste, Salience, and Increased NaCl Ingestion after Repeated
Sodium Depletions. Chem. Senses 31: 33-41, 2006. PDF
Curtis,
KS and Contreras, RJ. Sex differences in electrophysiological and
behavioral responses to NaCl taste. Behav. Neurosci., 120:
917-924, 2006. PDF
Krause,
EG, Curtis, KS, Stincic, TL, Markle, JP, and Contreras, RJ. Oestrogen
and weight loss decrease isoproterenol-induced Fos immunoreactivity
and angiotensin type 1 mRNA in the subfornical organ of female rats.
J. Physiol., 573: 251-262, 2006. PDF
Stratford,
JM, Curtis, KS, and Contreras, RJ. Chorda tympani nerve transection
alters linoleic acid taste discrimination by male and female rats.
Physiol. Behav., 89: 311-319, 2006. PDF
Curtis, KS,
JM Stratford, and RJ Contreras. Estrogen increases the taste threshold
for sucrose in rats. Physiol. Behav., 86: 281-286, 2005. PDF
Curtis,
K.S., Krause, E.G., Wong, D. L., & Contreras, R.J. Gestational and
early postnatal NaCl levels affect NaCl intake, but not stimulated
water intake, by adult rats. Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integ. Comp. Physiol.,
286: R1043-R1050, 2004. PDF
