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.
