Publications

Selected publications from Lemon Lab.

Our publications reflect ongoing work in taste, thermosensation, sensory coding, and neural circuit function.


2026

Zumpano, K.T. and Lemon, C.H. (2026) Temperature effects on taste preferences are influenced by TRPM8. bioRXiv, doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.18.706655

2025

Lemon, C.H., Li, J., Ali, Md S.S., Ngum, N.N., Zumpano, K.T., and Roberts, C.J. (2025) Parabrachial Calca neurons influence aversive and appetitive taste function. eNeuro, doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0191-25.2025.

2024

Li, J., Zumpano, K.T., and Lemon, C.H. (2024) Separation of oral cooling and warming requires TRPM8. The Journal of Neuroscience, 44 (11). doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1383-23.2024

2022

Li, J., Ali, Md S.S., and Lemon, C.H. (2022) TRPV1-lineage somatosensory fibers communicate with taste neurons in the mouse parabrachial nucleus. The Journal of Neuroscience, 42(9): 1719-1737.

2021

Lemon, C.H. (2021) Tasting temperature: neural and behavioral responses to thermal stimulation of oral mucosa. Current Opinion in Physiology, 20:16-22.

2019

Lemon, C.H., Norris, J.E., and Heldmann, B.A. (2019) The TRPA1 ion channel contributes to sensory-guided avoidance of menthol in mice. eNeuro, 6(6).

2019

Li, J. and Lemon, C.H. (2019) Mouse parabrachial neurons signal a relationship between bitter taste and nociceptive stimuli. The Journal of Neuroscience, 39(9): 1631-1648.

2017

Lemon, C.H. (2017) Modulation of Taste Processing by Temperature. American Journal of Physiology – Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 313(4): R305-R321.

2016

Lemon, C.H., Kang, Y., and Li, J. (2016) Separate functions for responses to oral temperature in thermo-gustatory and trigeminal neurons. Chemical Senses, 41(5): 457-471.

2015

Lemon, C.H. (2015) Perceptual and neural responses to sweet taste in humans and rodents. Chemosensory Perception, 8 (2): 46-52.

2015

Li, J. and Lemon, C.H. (2015) Influence of stimulus and oral adaptation temperature on gustatory responses in central taste-sensitive neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology, 113(7): 2700-2712.

2014

Wilson, D.M. and Lemon, C.H. (2014) Temperature systematically modifies neural activity for sweet taste. Journal of Neurophysiology, 112 (7): 1667-1677.

2009

Lemon, C.H. and Margolskee, R.F. (2009) Contribution of the T1r3 taste receptor to the response properties of central gustatory neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology, 101 (5): 2459-2471.

Selected work from Lemon Lab explores how taste, temperature, and somatosensory signals are represented and integrated in the mammalian nervous system.