Joseph Brand (biologist)
| Joseph G. Brand | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Pennsylvania |
| Fields | Biologist, Geneticist |
| Institutions | Monell Chemical Senses Center |
| Alma mater | University of Rochester |
| Doctoral advisor | Taft Toribara, Ph.D |
| Doctoral students | Xia Li |
| Known for | Amiloride as a sodium inhibitor, nonfunctioning cat taste receptor |
Dr. Joseph G. Brand is a biologist currently at Monell Chemical Senses Center. In 1985, Dr. Brand discovered that the substance amiloride is an inhibitor of sodium when present in the epithelia of rats.[1] Subsequently in 2005, Dr. Brand and Dr. Xia Li discovered that cats did not have a functioning sweet taste receptor, because it was made obsolete by evolution.
References
- ↑ Brand, Joseph; Teeter, J. H.; Silver, WL (1985), "Inhibition by amiloride of chorda tympani responses evoked by monovalent salts", Brain Research, Philadelphia: Brain Res, 334 (2): 207–14, doi:10.1016/0006-8993(85)90212-4, PMID 3995317
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