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  1. Taste dysfunction in Long COVID

    Article • July 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  2. Structural comparisons of human and mouse fungiform taste buds

    Article • Chemical Senses, January 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  3. Structural comparisons of human and mouse fungiform taste buds

    Article • July 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  4. Taste Bud Connectome: Implications for Taste Information Processing

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience, December 2021, Society for Neuroscience

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  5. Purinergic neurotransmission in the gustatory system

    Article • Autonomic Neuroscience, December 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  6. Taste Bud Connectome: Implications for Taste Information Processing

    Article • April 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  7. Cellular Diversity and Regeneration in Taste Buds

    Article • Current Opinion in Physiology, January 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  8. Absence of P2X2 purinergic receptors in human taste bud innervation

    Article • September 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  9. Sugar causes obesity and metabolic syndrome in mice independently of sweet taste

    Article • AJP Endocrinology and Metabolism, August 2020, American Physiological Society

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  10. Genetic Deletion of TrpV1 and TrpA1 Does not Alter Avoidance of or Patterns of Brainstem Activation to Citric Acid in Mice

    Article • Chemical Senses, June 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  11. Recent advances in taste transduction and signaling

    Article • F1000Research, December 2019, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Professor Thomas E. Finger, Sue Kinnamon

  12. Behavioral evolution contributes to hindbrain diversification among Lake Malawi cichlid fish

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  13. Genetic Deletion of TrpV1 and TrpA1 Does not Alter Avoidance of or Patterns of Brainstem Activation to Citric Acid in Mice

    Article • November 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  14. Three‐dimensional reconstructions of mouse circumvallate taste buds using serial blockface scanning electron microscopy: I. Cell types and the apical region of the taste bud

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, November 2019, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  15. A Subset of Olfactory Sensory Neurons Express Forkhead Box J1-Driven eGFP

    Article • Chemical Senses, August 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  16. A Subset of Olfactory Sensory Neurons Express Forkhead Box J1-Driven eGFP

    Article • May 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  17. Three-Dimensional Reconstructions of Mouse Circumvallate Taste Buds Using Serial Blockface Scanning Electron Microscopy: I. Cell Types and the Apical Region of the Taste Bud

    Article • April 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  18. Chemical receptors of the arytenoid: A comparison of human and mouse

    Article • The Laryngoscope, March 2019, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  19. Behavioral evolution drives hindbrain diversification among Lake Malawi cichlid fish

    Article • November 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  20. Chemical synapses without synaptic vesicles: Purinergic neurotransmission through a CALHM1 channel-mitochondrial signaling complex

    Article • Science Signaling, May 2018, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  21. Type III Cells in Anterior Taste Fields Are More Immunohistochemically Diverse Than Those of Posterior Taste Fields in Mice

    Article • Chemical Senses, August 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  22. Sonic hedgehog from both nerves and epithelium is a key trophic factor for taste bud maintenance

    Article • Development, July 2017, The Company of Biologists

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  23. 5-HT3A-driven green fluorescent protein delineates gustatory fibers innervating sour-responsive taste cells: A labeled line for sour taste?

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, April 2017, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  24. 5HTR3A-driven GFP labels immature olfactory sensory neurons

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, February 2017, Wiley

    Nicole Shultz, Professor Thomas E. Finger

  25. Immunocytochemical organization and sour taste activation in the rostral nucleus of the solitary tract of mice

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, August 2016, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  26. The Role of 5-HT3Receptors in Signaling from Taste Buds to Nerves

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience, December 2015, Society for Neuroscience

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  27. Faculty of 1000 evaluation for Molecular basis for prey relocation in viperid snakes.

    Article • May 2013, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  28. Reactive microglia after taste nerve injury: comparison to nerve injury models of chronic pain

    Article • F1000Research, February 2013, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  29. Chemosensors in the Nose: Guardians of the Airways

    Article • Physiology, January 2013, American Physiological Society

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  30. Second-order input to the medial amygdala from olfactory sensory neurons expressing the transduction channel TRPM5

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, April 2012, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  31. Residual Chemoresponsiveness to Acids in the Superior Laryngeal Nerve in "Taste-Blind" (P2X2/P2X3 Double-KO) Mice

    Article • Chemical Senses, February 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  32. A2BR Adenosine Receptor Modulates Sweet Taste in Circumvallate Taste Buds

    Article • PLOS One, January 2012, PLOS

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  33. Knocking Out P2X Receptors Reduces Transmitter Secretion in Taste Buds

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience, September 2011, Society for Neuroscience

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  34. Taste isn't just for taste buds anymore

    Article • F1000 Biology Reports, September 2011, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  35. Central Representation of Postingestive Chemosensory Cues in Mice That Lack the Ability to Taste

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience, June 2011, Society for Neuroscience

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  36. A transgenic mouse model reveals fast nicotinic transmission in hippocampal pyramidal neurons

    Article • European Journal of Neuroscience, April 2011, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  37. Expression of taste receptors in Solitary Chemosensory Cells of rodent airways

    Article • BMC Pulmonary Medicine, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  38. Nasal chemosensory cells use bitter taste signaling to detect irritants and bacterial signals

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 2010, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  39. Double P2X2/P2X3 Purinergic Receptor Knockout Mice Do Not Taste NaCl or the Artificial Sweetener SC45647

    Article • Chemical Senses, November 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  40. Residual Chemosensory Capabilities in Double P2X2/P2X3 Purinergic Receptor Null Mice: Intraoral or Postingestive Detection?

    Article • Chemical Senses, November 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  41. Disorganized olfactory bulb lamination in mice deficient for transcription factor AP-2ɛ

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, October 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  42. Vagal gustatory reflex circuits for intraoral food sorting behavior in the goldfish: Cellular organization and neurotransmitters

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, September 2009, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  43. Group III Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors (mGluRs) Modulate Transmission of Gustatory Inputs in the Brain Stem

    Article • Journal of Neurophysiology, July 2009, American Physiological Society

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  44. Preface

    Article • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, July 2009, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  45. The Anatomical and Electrophysiological Basis of Peripheral Nasal Trigeminal Chemoreception

    Article • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, July 2009, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  46. Evolution of gustatory reflex systems in the brainstems of fishes

    Article • Integrative Zoology, March 2009, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  47. Is TrpM5 a reliable marker for chemosensory cells? Multiple types of microvillous cells in the main olfactory epithelium of mice

    Article • BMC Neuroscience, December 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  48. Article • Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, September 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  49. Nasal Solitary Chemoreceptor Cell Responses to Bitter and Trigeminal Stimulants In Vitro

    Article • Journal of Neurophysiology, June 2008, American Physiological Society

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  50. Sorting food from stones: the vagal taste system in Goldfish, Carassius auratus

    Article • Journal of Comparative Physiology A, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  51. TRPM5-Expressing Solitary Chemosensory Cells Respond to Odorous Irritants

    Article • Journal of Neurophysiology, January 2008, American Physiological Society

    Dr Robert F Margolskee, Professor Thomas E. Finger

  52. Expression of Galpha14 in sweet-transducing taste cells of the posterior tongue

    Article • BMC Neuroscience, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  53. Solitary chemoreceptor cell survival is independent of intact trigeminal innervation

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, January 2008, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  54. The Candidate Sour Taste Receptor, PKD2L1, Is Expressed by Type III Taste Cells in the Mouse

    Article • Chemical Senses, December 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  55. Glutamic acid decarboxylase 65, 67, and GABA-transaminase mRNA expression and total enzyme activity in the goldfish (Carassius auratus) brain

    Article • Brain Research, May 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  56. Expression of T1Rs and Gustducin in Palatal Taste Buds of Mice

    Article • Chemical Senses, January 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  57. Calcium-fluxing glutamate receptors associated with primary gustatory afferent terminals in goldfish (Carassius auratus)

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, January 2007, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  58. Co-occurrence of calcium-binding proteins and calcium-permeable glutamate receptors in the primary gustatory nucleus of goldfish

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, November 2006, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  59. Nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase-2 is the ecto-ATPase of type I cells in taste buds

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, July 2006, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  60. Beyond the olfactory bulb: An odotopic map in the forebrain

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2005, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  61. ATP Signaling Is Crucial for Communication from Taste Buds to Gustatory Nerves

    Article • Science, December 2005, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  62. Solitary chemoreceptor cell proliferation in adult nasal epithelium

    Article • Journal of Neurocytology, March 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  63. Cell Types and Lineages in Taste Buds

    Article • Chemical Senses, January 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  64. Differential distribution of hypocretin (orexin) and melanin-concentrating hormone in the goldfish brain

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, January 2005, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  65. Effects of glossopharyngeal nerve section on the expression of neurotrophins and their receptors in lingual taste buds of adult mice

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, January 2005, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  66. Erratum: Huesa G, van den Pol AN, Finger TE. 2005. Differential distribution of hypocretin(Orexin) and melanin-concentrating hormone in the goldfish brain. J Comp Neurol 488:476-491.

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, January 2005, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  67. Olfactory Receptor Neurons in Fish: Structural, Molecular and Functional Correlates

    Article • Chemical Senses, January 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  68. Differential distribution of olfactory receptor neurons in goldfish: Structural and molecular correlates

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, January 2004, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  69. Solitary chemoreceptor cells in the nasal cavity serve as sentinels of respiration

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2003, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  70. Neurotrophin-3 is expressed in a discrete subset of olfactory receptor neurons in the mouse

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, June 2003, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  71. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is present in adult mouse taste cells with synapses

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, March 2003, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  72. Disruption of sonic hedgehog signaling alters growth and patterning of lingual taste papillae

    Article • Developmental Biology, March 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  73. Distribution of cholecystokinin, calcitonin gene-related peptide, neuropeptide Y, and galanin in the primary gustatory nuclei of the goldfish

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, July 2002, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  74. GABAergic modulation of primary gustatory afferent synaptic efficacy

    Article • Journal of Neurobiology, July 2002, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  75. Erratum: Schaefer ML, et al. 2002. Trigeminal collaterals in the nasal epithelium and olfactory bulb: A potential route for direct modulation of olfactory information by trigeminal stimuli. J Comp Neurol 444:221-226.

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, May 2002, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  76. Trigeminal collaterals in the nasal epithelium and olfactory bulb: A potential route for direct modulation of olfactory information by trigeminal stimuli

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, January 2002, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  77. Morphology and physiology of the polyaxonal amacrine cells in the rabbit retina

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, October 2001, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  78. Kainate-activated cobalt uptake in the primary gustatory nucleus in goldfish: Visualization of the morphology and distribution of cells expressing AMPA/kainate receptors in the vagal lobe

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, January 2001, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  79. Variability of position of the P2 glomerulus within a map of the mouse olfactory bulb

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, January 2001, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  80. Ascending spinal systems in the fish,Prionotus carolinus

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, June 2000, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  81. Distribution of trigeminal fibers in the primary facial gustatory center of channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus

    Article • Brain Research, September 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  82. Epithelial Na+ channel subunits in rat taste cells: Localization and regulation by aldosterone

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, March 1999, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  83. Differential projections of ciliated and microvillous olfactory receptor cells in the catfish,Ictalurus punctatus

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, September 1998, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  84. NMDA and non-NMDA Receptors Mediate Responses in the Primary Gustatory Nucleus in Goldfish

    Article • Chemical Senses, February 1998, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  85. Differential localization of putative amino acid receptors in taste buds of the channel catfish,Ictalurus punctatus

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, September 1996, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  86. Visceral afferent and efferent columns in the spinal cord of the teleost, Ictalurus punctatus

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, July 1996, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  87. Secondary connections of the dorsal and ventral facial lobes in a teleost fish, the rockling (Ciliata mustela)

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, July 1996, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  88. Axonal projection patterns of neurons in the secondary gustatory nucleus of channel catfish

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, February 1996, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  89. Taste receptor cells arise from local epithelium, not neurogenic ectoderm.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 1995, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  90. Gustatory control of feeding behavior in goldfish

    Article • Physiology & Behavior, March 1995, Elsevier

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  91. INTRODUCTION: Cell lineage analysis in chemosensory research

    Article • Chemical Senses, January 1994, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  92. GABAergic innervation of the Mauthner cell and other reticulospinal neurons in the goldfish

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, December 1993, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  93. Ascending general visceral pathways within the brainstems of two teleost fishes:Ictalurus punctatus andCarassius auratus

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, June 1992, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger, Professor Jagmeet S Kanwal

  94. Functional organization of vagal reflex systems in the brain stem of the goldfish,Carassius auratus

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, May 1992, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  95. Evoked responses from an in vitro slice preparation of a primary gustatory nucleus: the vagal lobe of goldfish

    Article • Brain Research, May 1992, Elsevier

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  96. GAP-43 and 5B4-CAM immunoreactivity during the development of transplanted fetal mesencephalic neurons

    Article • Experimental Neurology, October 1991, Elsevier

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  97. The effects of neonatal capsaicin administration on trigeminal nerve chemoreceptors in the rat nasal cavity

    Article • Brain Research, October 1991, Elsevier

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  98. Transcellular labeling of taste bud cells by carbocyanine dye (diI) applied to peripheral nerves in the barbels of the catfish,Ictalurus punctatus

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, December 1990, Wiley

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  99. Electrophysiological examination of a non-olfactory, non-gustatory chemosense in the searobin,Prionotus carolinus

    Article • Journal of Comparative Physiology A, January 1984, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  100. Spinal and medullary dorsal cell axons in the trigeminal nerve in lampreys

    Article • Brain Research, May 1982, Elsevier

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  101. Enkephalin-like immunoreactivity in the gustatory lobes and visceral nuclei in the brains of goldfish and catfish

    Article • Neuroscience, December 1981, Elsevier

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  102. Enkephalin immunoreactivity in Golgi cells and mossy fibres of mammalian, avian, amphibian and teleost cerebellum

    Article • Neuroscience, November 1981, Elsevier

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  103. Input to the medullary pacemaker nucleus in the weakly electric fish, Eigenmannia (sternopygidae, gymnotiformes)

    Article • Brain Research, May 1981, Elsevier

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  104. Retrograde HRP labelling of the oculomotoneurons in adult lampreys

    Article • Brain Research, October 1978, Elsevier

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  105. Efferent neurons of the teleost cerebellum

    Article • Brain Research, September 1978, Elsevier

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  106. The accessory optic system in teleosts

    Article • Brain Research, September 1978, Elsevier

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  107. A direct thalamo-cerebellar pathway in pigeon and catfish

    Article • Brain Research, February 1976, Elsevier

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  108. An asymmetric optomotor response in developing flounder larvae (Pseudopleuronectes americanus)

    Article • Vision Research, January 1976, Elsevier

    Professor Thomas E. Finger

  109. Neuromelanin: a source of possible error in HRP material

    Article • Brain Research, November 1975, Elsevier

    Professor Thomas E. Finger