Charles S. Zuker

Howard Hughes Medical Institute — United States

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

69h-index28.2kcitations113works102.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research(43), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies(32), Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques(31), Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies(20), Retinal Development and Disorders(16)

Publications113 total

A brain center that controls consummatory responses
Cell·2025· 8 citedOpen Access
The structure of human sweetness
Cell·2025· 38 citedOpen Access
A body–brain circuit that regulates body inflammatory responses
Nature·2024· 261 citedOpen Access
A neural substrate for short-term taste memories
Neuron·2023· 9 citedOpen Access
Neurobiology of eating behavior, nutrition, and health
Journal of Internal Medicine·2023· 66 citedOpen Access
Gut–brain circuits for fat preference
Nature·2022· 146 citedOpen Access
The gutbrain axis mediates sugar preference
Yearbook of pediatric endocrinology·2021· 1 cited
Top-Down Control of Sweet and Bitter Taste in the Mammalian Brain
Cell·2021· 80 cited
The gut–brain axis mediates sugar preference
Nature·2020· 288 citedOpen Access
Sour Sensing from the Tongue to the Brain
Cell·2019· 236 cited
The coding of valence and identity in the mammalian taste system
Nature·2018· 251 citedOpen Access
Rewiring the taste system
Nature·2017· 133 citedOpen Access
Coding and Plasticity in the Mammalian Thermosensory System
Neuron·2016· 204 citedOpen Access
Roger Tsien (1952–2016)
Neuron·2016Open Access
Sweet and bitter taste in the brain of awake behaving animals
Nature·2015· 248 citedOpen Access
Food for the Brain
Cell·2015· 38 citedOpen Access
Thirst driving and suppressing signals encoded by distinct neural populations in the brain
Nature·2015· 244 citedOpen Access
The neural representation of taste quality at the periphery
Nature·2014· 166 citedOpen Access
Population of sensory neurons essential for asthmatic hyperreactivity of inflamed airways
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2014· 230 citedOpen Access
High salt recruits aversive taste pathways
Nature·2013· 367 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Nicholas J. P. Ryba(18), Mark A. Hoon(12), Jayaram Chandrashekar(12), David A. Yarmolinsky(5), Nansi Jo Colley(5), Robert W. Hardy(5), Ken L. Mueller(4), Kristin Scott(4), Yuki Oka(4), Michael Socolich(4), Yueqing Peng(4), Rama Ranganathan(4), Yifeng Zhang(3), Elliot Adler(3), Xiaoke Chen(3), Dimitri Tränkner(3), Yumei Sun(3), Elizabeth Baker(3), Mark A. Stamnes(3), Hao Jin(3)