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  • 1983 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Ralph Norgren is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple main fields of study including Neuroscience, Nursing, and Medicine. The subfields of their work focus on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics in biomedical research. These include:

  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management

Among their recent scholarly contributions is a paper titled "Effects of a glucagon-like peptide-1 analog on appetitive and consummatory behavior for rewarding and aversive gustatory stimuli in rats", published in 2020 in the journal Physiology & Behavior. This paper has received citations reflecting its engagement within the scientific community.

Ralph Norgren frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Joaquin E. Douton and Patricia S. Grigson. These co-authors have contributed to overlapping fields and publications, indicating ongoing research partnerships.

Their publications predominantly appear in the venue Physiology & Behavior, reflecting a focused dissemination of research findings in a relevant scientific journal.

Ralph Norgren was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1983.

Best Publications

  • The taste reactivity test. I. Mimetic responses to gustatory stimuli in neurologically normal rats

    Harvey J. Grill;Ralph Norgren

  • Taste pathways to hypothalamus and amygdala

    Ralph Norgren

  • Projections from the nucleus of the solitary tract in the rat

    Ralph Norgren

  • Central projections of gustatory nerves in the rat

    Robert B. Hamilton;Ralph Norgren

  • The taste reactivity test. II. Mimetic responses to gustatory stimuli in chronic thalamic and chronic decerebrate rats

    Harvey J. Grill;Ralph Norgren

  • Ascending central gustatory pathways.

    Ralph Norgren;Christiana M. Leonard

  • Afferent projections to the oral motor nuclei in the rat

    Joseph B. Travers;Ralph Norgren

  • Oral sucrose stimulation increases accumbens dopamine in the rat

    Andras Hajnal;Gerard P. Smith;Ralph Norgren

  • The central projections of the trigeminal, facial, glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves: an autoradiographic study in the rat.

    Robert J. Contreras;Robert M. Beckstead;Ralph Norgren

  • The nucleus of the solitary tract in the monkey: projections to the thalamus and brain stem nuclei.

    Robert M. Beckstead;Joel R. Morse;Ralph Norgren

  • An autoradiographic examination of the central distribution of the trigeminal, facial, glossopharyngeal, and vagal nerves in the monkey.

    Robert M. Beckstead;Ralph Norgren

  • Chronically decerebrate rats demonstrate satiation but not bait shyness.

    Harvey J. Grill;Harvey J. Grill;Ralph Norgren

  • Central distribution of subdiaphragmatic vagal branches in the rat.

    Ralph Norgren;Gerard P. Smith

  • The pontine taste area in the rat.

    Ralph Norgren;Carl Pfaffmann

  • Projections of thalamic gustatory and lingual areas in the monkey, Macaca fascicularis.

    T. C. Pritchard;R. B. Hamilton;J. R. Morse;R. Norgren

  • Central origins of cranial nerve parasympathetic neurons in the rat

    Robert J. Contreras;Maximo M. Gomez;Ralph Norgren

  • Taste pathways in rat brainstem.

    R. Norgren;C. M. Leonard

  • Accumbens dopamine mechanisms in sucrose intake.

    Andras Hajnal;Ralph Norgren

  • Gustatory cortex in the rat. I. Physiological properties and cytoarchitecture

    Eva Kosar;Harvey J. Grill;Ralph Norgren

  • Gustatory afferents to ventral forebrain.

    Ralph Norgren

Frequent Co-Authors

Patricia S. Grigson
Patricia S. Grigson Pennsylvania State University
Harvey J. Grill
Harvey J. Grill University of Pennsylvania
Andras Hajnal
Andras Hajnal Pennsylvania State University
Alan C. Spector
Alan C. Spector Florida State University
Carl Pfaffmann
Carl Pfaffmann Rockefeller University
Robert J. Contreras
Robert J. Contreras Florida State University
Hisao Nishijo
Hisao Nishijo University of Toyama
Christiana M. Leonard
Christiana M. Leonard University of Florida
Stylianos Nicolaidis
Stylianos Nicolaidis Collège de France
Kent C. Berridge
Kent C. Berridge University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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