Investigator: Mihai Covasa

Academic title	Assistant Professor of Nutrition
College	College of Health and Human Development
Campuses	Penn State University Park
Department	Nutrition
Graduate programs	Nutrition Integrative Biosciences Physiology

Phone

814 863 2919

Educational background

Ph.D., Leeds University, UK, 1994

Areas of expertise

Acetylcholine	Appetite Depressants
Cholecystokinin	Eating
Gastric Emptying	Intestines
Synaptic Transmission	Prediabetic State
Proglumide	Satiety Response
Sincalide	Sucrose
Taste	Signal Transduction
Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate	Receptor, Cholecystokinin A
Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT3	Glucans
Glucose	Neural Inhibition
Obesity	Reflex, Acoustic
Sweetening Agents	Neurons, Afferent
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos	Hyperphagia
Body Weight	Feeding Behavior
Taste Disorders	Cholagogues and Choleretics
Receptors, Cholecystokinin	Serotonin
Serotonin Agents	2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate
Rhombencephalon	Intestine, Small
Conditioning (Psychology)	Food Deprivation
Saccharin	Adiposity
Diet	Dietary Carbohydrates
Gastrointestinal Tract	Peptides
Rats, Inbred OLETF	Receptors, Dopamine D2

Publication author name

Covasa M

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