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John Caprio is affiliated with Louisiana State University in the United States and works primarily in the fields of neuroscience and nursing. Their research spans multiple subfields, including nutrition and dietetics, sensory systems, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics, including biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, olfactory and sensory function studies, neurobiology and insect physiology research, as well as animal behavior and reproduction. These areas reflect a multidisciplinary approach to understanding sensory systems and neurobiological processes.

Among their recent published papers are:

  • What are olfaction and gustation, and do all animals have them? (2024, Chemical Senses)
  • Understanding responses to chemical mixtures: looking forward from the past (2022, Chemical Senses)

John Caprio has frequently collaborated with other researchers, notably Charles D. Derby and Timothy S. McClintock. Derby has coauthored two publications with Caprio, while McClintock has contributed to one.

Their frequent publication venue includes the journal Chemical Senses, where they have contributed at least two papers. This aligns with the focus on sensory systems and olfactory research within their body of work.

Best Publications

  • Correlation between Olfactory Receptor Cell Type and Function in the Channel Catfish

    Anne Hansen;Shane H. Rolen;Karl Anderson;Yasuhiro Morita

  • Electrophysiological evidence for acidic, basic, and neutral amino acid olfactory receptor sites in the catfish.

    John Caprio;Ryland P. Byrd

  • The taste system of the channel catfish : from biophysics to behavior

    John Caprio;Joseph G. Brand;John H. Teeter;Tine Valentincic

  • Polyamines as olfactory stimuli in the goldfish Carassius auratus.

    S. H. Rolen;Peter W Sorensen;D. Mattson;J. Caprio

  • High sensitivity of catfish taste receptors to amino acids.

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  • Electrophysiological Evidence for a Chemotopy of Biologically Relevant Odors in the Olfactory Bulb of the Channel Catfish

    Alexander A. Nikonov;John Caprio

  • In vivo responses of single olfactory receptor neurons in the channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus.

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  • Taste and tactile recordings from the ramus recurrens facialis innervating flank taste buds in the catfish

    Cynthia J. Davenport;John Caprio

  • Odorant Specificity of Single Olfactory Bulb Neurons to Amino Acids in the Channel Catfish

    Alexander A. Nikonov;John Caprio

  • Beyond the olfactory bulb: An odotopic map in the forebrain

    Alexander A. Nikonov;Thomas E. Finger;John Caprio

  • Electro-Olfactogram and Multiunit Olfactory Receptor Responses to Binary and Trinary Mixtures of Amino Acids in the Channel Catfish, Ictalurus punctatus

    J Caprio;J Dudek;J J Robinson

  • Peripheral Filters and Chemoreceptor Cells in Fishes

    John Caprio

  • An electrophysiological investigation of the oro-pharyngeal (IX–X) taste system in the channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus

    Jagmeet S. Kanwal;John Caprio

  • Electro-olfactogram and multiunit olfactory receptor responses to complex mixtures of amino acids in the channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus.

    Jiesheng Kang;J. Caprio

  • Central projections of the glossopharyngeal and vagal nerves in the channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus: clues to differential processing of visceral inputs.

    Jagmeet S. Kanwal;John Caprio

  • The spatial distribution of ciliated and microvillous olfactory receptor neurons in the channel catfish is not matched by a differential specificity to amino acid and bile salt stimuli

    Jay R. Erickson;John Caprio

  • Ultrastructure of the olfactory epithelium in intact, axotomized, and bulbectomized goldfish, Carassius auratus.

    Anne Hansen;Hans Peter Zippel;Peter W. Sorensen;John Caprio

  • Forebrain connections of the gustatory system in ictalurid catfishes.

    Jagmeet S. Kanwal;Thomas E. Finger;John Caprio

  • Learned olfactory discrimination versus innate taste responses to amino acids in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)

    Tine Valentinčič;Sandra Wegert;John Caprio

  • Comparison of olfactory receptor (EOG) and bulbar (EEG) responses to amino acids in the catfish, Ictalurus punctatus.

    Ryland P. Byrd;John Caprio

  • Electrophysiological evidence for the topographical arrangement of taste and tactile neurons in the facial lobe of the channel catfish

    Takayuki Marui;John Caprio

  • Consummatory feeding behavior to amino acids in intact and anosmic channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus

    Tine Valentinčič;John Caprio

  • Chemical and visual control of feeding and escape behaviors in the channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus

    Tine B. Valentinčič;John Caprio

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles D. Derby
Charles D. Derby Georgia State University
Ramón Anadón
Ramón Anadón University of Santiago de Compostela

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