Glen J. Golden
Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D.
(Neuroscience; The Florida State University)

I am interested in the associative processes involved in olfactory and gustatory learning. Most recently, I used conditioned flavor-taste preference (CFTP), a form of flavor-flavor preference conditioning, to explore the acquisition and expression of learned food preferences as a model of olfactory learning. I used three approaches to examine how these associations are made: 1) behavioral (microstructure of ingestion); 2) pharmacological (the role of the NMDA receptor in CFTP); and 3) molecular (c-Fos immunolabeling in key brain regions (e.g., amygdala, hypothalamus, and gustatory cortex) in order to examine differential patterns of c-Fos activation). Currently, I am interested in the central processes underlying chemical communication and individual differences in the perception of taste.

My Monell Publications