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Dave Hill-Development and plasticity of sensory systems

David  Hill
Degree(s): PhD
Graduate School: Ohio University, Athens
Primary Appointment: Professor, Psychology
Research Interests:
Development and plasticity of sensory systems
Website: http://faculty.virginia.edu/hilllab/hill.html
Email Address: dh2t@virginia.edu

Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program(s)

  • Neuroscience
    • Research Description

    Our lab studies the neurophysiological, morphological, and molecular biological development and plasticity of the taste system. Specific projects focus on environmental and physiological factors affecting the developing and regenerating taste system, salt taste transduction, matching of gustatory neurons with their targets, the role of immune function in modulating taste function and molecular biological approaches to the development and plasticity of the peripheral gustatory system

    Selected Publications
  • Hendricks, S.J., Sollars, S.I. and D.L. Hill. 2002. Injury-Induced Functional Plasticity in the Peripheral Gustatory System. Journal of Neuroscience, 22:8607-8613.
  • McCluskey, L.P. and D.L. Hill. 2002. Sensitive Periods For the Effect of Dietary Sodium Restriction on Intact and Regenerated Taste Receptor Cells. American Journal of Physiology, 283:R1275-R1284.
  • Sollars, S.I., P. Smith and D.L. Hill. 2001. Time Course of Morphological Alterations of Fungiform Papillae and Taste Buds Following Chorda Tympani Transection in Neonatal Rats, Journal of Neurobiology, 51:223-236.
  • Sollars, S.I. and D.L. Hill. 2000. Lack of Functional and Morphological Susceptibility of the Greater Superficial Petrosal Nerve to Developmental Dietary Sodium Restriction. Chemical Senses, 25:719-
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