During the Summer of 2005, GR Davis and I lead a team of undergraduates in research investigating the effects of simulated microgravity on neural mechanisms regulating feeding behavior. In addition, we investigated how texture affects feeding behavior in humans. This work was funded by NASA and the South Carolina Space Grant Consortium (SCSGC). Our students (pictured with Dr. Davis and myself from left to right above) were Amelia Keaton (Wofford '06), Jennie McCalister (Clemson U.), Katie Kavanagh (Clemson), and Tyler Coffey (Wofford '06). For more information about our program, please click here.
Recent Publications and Presentations:
J. McCallister; K. Kavanagh; T. Stinnett; A. Keaton; G.R. Davis, Jr; S.R. Hettes, (2005) Lateral Hypothalamic Injections of the Glutamate Receptor Antagonist, D-AP5, decrease Food Intake in Rats Under Simulated Microgravity, Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington DC
S.R. Hettes and G.R. Davis, Jr (2005) Lateral hypothalamic (LH) injection of D-AP5 suppresses behavior indicative of sensory specific satiety. [Abstract] Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior's Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA
K.S. Laser, E.B. Saine, T.S. Stinnett, A.B. Yanke, S.R. Hettes (2005) Suppression of Feeding by the Glutamate Receptor Antagonist DAP-5 in the Sensory Specific Satiety Model of Overeating in Rats. [Abstract] Bulletin of the South Carolina Academy of Science, 65,
J.M. Henry, G.R. Davis, Jr., S.R. Hettes (2005) Evidence Suggesting the Neurotransmitter Glutamate Acts at Selective Receptor Subtypes to Elicit Feeding During Sensory Specific Satiety, a Model of Overeating, [Abstract] Bulletin of the South Carolina Academy of Science, 65,
Ross, L.T., Thomas, G.N.,
Benson, M.E., Ferguson, J.M., Forest, M.E., Trout, K.W., Whelan, S.P., Hettes,
S.R. (2004) Suppression of Feeding by the Opiate Antagonist, Naloxone, is Diet
Dependent. [Abstract] Bulletin of the South Carolina Academy of Science, 64,
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