Michael Tordoff
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Dr. Michael G. Tordoff is a psychobiologist working at the Monell Chemical Senses Center
. His research deals with the genetics and physiology of taste and nutrition. His early work addressed (a) how and what animals learn about the value of their food , (b) how artificial sweeteners influence appetite and body weight , (c) how salt intake is regulated, and (d) how dietary calcium influences salt intake . Recently, he has been investigating calcium taste and appetite . He is the primary proponent of the notion that calcium is a basic taste, equivalent to sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.
Dr. Tordoff hosts the Monell Mouse Taste Phenotyping Project. In August 2009, he bicycled across the USA in 27 days. He is married to, and often collaborates with, Dr. Danielle Reed
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Tordoff, M. G. (2010) “Taste solution consumption by FHH-Chr nBN consomic rats.” Chemical Senses. 35, 473-489.
Bachmanov, A. A.; Inoue, M.; Ji, H.; Murata, Y.; Tordoff, M. G. and Beauchamp, G. K. (2009) “Glutamate taste and appetite in laboratory mice: physiologic and genetic analyses.” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 90.3, 756S-63S.
De Jonghe, B. C.; Lawler, M. P.; Horn, C. C. and Tordoff, M. G. (2009) “Pica as an adaptive response: Kaolin consumption helps rats recover from chemotherapy-induced illness.” Physiology & Behavior. 97.1, 87-90.
Tordoff, M. G. and Sandell, M. A. (2009) “Vegetable bitterness is related to calcium content.” Appetite. 52.2, 498-504.
Guenthner, C. J.; McCaughey, S. A.; Tordoff, M. G. and Baird, J. P. (2008) “Licking for taste solutions by potassium-deprived rats: Specificity and mechanisms.” BMC Genetics. 93, 937-46.
Reed, D. R.; Lawler, M. P. and Tordoff, M. G. (2008) “Reduced body weight is a common effect of gene knockout.” BMC Genetics. 9.4.
Tordoff, M. G.; Shao, H.; Alarcón, L. K.; Margolskee, R. F.; Mosinger, B.; Bachmanov, A. A.; Reed, D. R. and McCaughey, S. A. (2008) “Involvement of T1R3 in calcium-magnesium taste.” Physiological Genomics. 34.3, 338-48.
Tordoff, M. G. (2008) “Gene discovery and the genetic basis of calcium consumption.” Physiology & Behavior. 94, 649-59.
Monell Chemical Senses Center
The Monell Chemical Senses Center is a non-profit independent scientific institute located at the University City Science Center research campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
. His research deals with the genetics and physiology of taste and nutrition. His early work addressed (a) how and what animals learn about the value of their food , (b) how artificial sweeteners influence appetite and body weight , (c) how salt intake is regulated, and (d) how dietary calcium influences salt intake . Recently, he has been investigating calcium taste and appetite . He is the primary proponent of the notion that calcium is a basic taste, equivalent to sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.
Dr. Tordoff hosts the Monell Mouse Taste Phenotyping Project. In August 2009, he bicycled across the USA in 27 days. He is married to, and often collaborates with, Dr. Danielle Reed
Danielle Reed
Dr. Danielle R. Reed is a geneticist currently working at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is most notable for her papers regarding genetic variation in taste and obesity in mice and humans...
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Recent publications
Cherukuri, C. M.; McCaughey, S. A. and Tordoff, M. G. (2011) “Comparison of differences between PWD/PhJ and C57BL/6J mice in calcium solution preferences and chorda tympani nerve responses.” Physiology & Behavior. 102, 496-502.Tordoff, M. G. (2010) “Taste solution consumption by FHH-Chr nBN consomic rats.” Chemical Senses. 35, 473-489.
Bachmanov, A. A.; Inoue, M.; Ji, H.; Murata, Y.; Tordoff, M. G. and Beauchamp, G. K. (2009) “Glutamate taste and appetite in laboratory mice: physiologic and genetic analyses.” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 90.3, 756S-63S.
De Jonghe, B. C.; Lawler, M. P.; Horn, C. C. and Tordoff, M. G. (2009) “Pica as an adaptive response: Kaolin consumption helps rats recover from chemotherapy-induced illness.” Physiology & Behavior. 97.1, 87-90.
Tordoff, M. G. and Sandell, M. A. (2009) “Vegetable bitterness is related to calcium content.” Appetite. 52.2, 498-504.
Guenthner, C. J.; McCaughey, S. A.; Tordoff, M. G. and Baird, J. P. (2008) “Licking for taste solutions by potassium-deprived rats: Specificity and mechanisms.” BMC Genetics. 93, 937-46.
Reed, D. R.; Lawler, M. P. and Tordoff, M. G. (2008) “Reduced body weight is a common effect of gene knockout.” BMC Genetics. 9.4.
Tordoff, M. G.; Shao, H.; Alarcón, L. K.; Margolskee, R. F.; Mosinger, B.; Bachmanov, A. A.; Reed, D. R. and McCaughey, S. A. (2008) “Involvement of T1R3 in calcium-magnesium taste.” Physiological Genomics. 34.3, 338-48.
Tordoff, M. G. (2008) “Gene discovery and the genetic basis of calcium consumption.” Physiology & Behavior. 94, 649-59.