Goran Hellekant, Ph.D., DVM

Professor

Publications

LIST OF SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES
(5/9/2006, refereed articles and book chapters by Hellekant) 

1. Hellekant, G. Distribution of chloroform-36Cl in mice. Acta pharmacol. et toxicol. 1964. 21. 240-246.

2. Hellekant, G. Electrophysiological investigation of the gustatory effect of ethyl alcohol. I: The summated response of the chorda tympani in the cat, dog and rat. Acta physiol. scand. 1965. 64. 392-397.

3. Hellekant, G. Electrophysiological investigation of the gustatory effect of ethyl alcohol. II: A single fibre analysis in the cat. Acta physiol. scand. 1965. 64. 398-406.

4. Hellekant, G. The effect of ethyl alcohol on non-gustatory receptors of the tongue of the cat. Acta. physiol. scand. 1965. 65. 243-250.

5. Hellekant, G. Studies of the effect of ethyl alcohol on the receptors of the tongue. Stockholm 1965. Ph. D. thesis (Gradualavhandling).

6. Hellekant, G. Action and interaction of ethyl alcohol and some other substances on the receptors of the tongue. In "Olfaction and Taste II." Ed. T. Hayashi.  Pergamon Press, Oxford, London, Edingburgh, New York, Toronto, Sydney, Paris, Braunschweig. 1967. 465-479.

7. Hellekant, G. Gustatory postexcitatory depression. (Code number TID 24666) Quarterly progress report M.I.T. 1968. No.90. 275-282.

8. Hellekant, G. Postexcitatory depression of gustatory receptors. Acta physiol. scand. 1968. 74. 1-9.

9. Hellekant, G. Aspects on electrophysiological recordings from taste nerves. Proc. Int. Symp. on Sensory Evaluation of Food. Kungälv 1968. 19-20.

10. Hellekant, G. Inhibitory processes in gustation. Acta physiol. scand. 1969. 75. 39-48.

11. Hellekant, G. The effect of menthol on taste receptors. Acta physiol. scand. 1969. 76. 361-368.

12. Hellekant, G. The influence of circulation on taste receptors, as shown by the summated chorda tympani nerve response in the rat. In "Taste and Smell in Vertebrates." Ciba Foundation serie. Messrs. J&A. Churchill Ltd. London 1970. 83-97.

13. Andersson, I., Hellekant, G., Larsson, R., Molander, C. and Ström, L. A system for manually or automatically controlled gustatory stimulation. Med. & Biol. Engin. 1971. 9. 715-717.

14. Hellekant, G. The effect of changes in the blood flow to the tongue on the chorda tympani response in rat. Acta physiol. scand. 1971. 82. 145-153.

15. Hellekant, G. On the relation between the chorda tympani nerve response, arterial oxygen tension and blood flow in the tongue of the rat. Acta physiol. scand. 1971. 82. 453-459.

16. Hellekant, G. Efferent impulses in the chorda tympani nerve of the rat. Acta physiol. scand. 1971. 83. 203-209.

17. Hellekant, G. The effect of stomach distension on the efferent activity in the chorda tympani nerve of the rat. Acta physiol. scand. 1971. 83, 527-531.

18. Hellekant, G. Circulation of the tongue. In "Oral Physiology" eds. N. Emmelin and Y. Zotterman,  Pergamon Press, Oxford&New York. 1972. 127-137.

19. Hellekant, G. Influence on the impulse pattern in efferent chorda tympani nerve fibres in the rat. In "Olfaction and Taste IV," ed. D. Schneider, Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft MBH. Stuttgart. 1972. 308-315.

20. Diamant, H., Hellekant, G. and Zotterman Y. The effect of miraculin on the taste buds of man, monkey and rat. In "Olfaction and Taste IV," ed. D. Schneider, Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft MBH. 1972. 241-244.

21. Murray, R. G., Murray, A. and Hellekant, G. Fine structure of taste buds of rat fungiform papillae. In "Olfaction and Taste IV," ed. D. Schneider.  Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft MBH. Stuttgart. 1972. 56-62.

22. Hellekant, G. The orbimeter, a new flowmeter for the measurement of small blood flows. Med & Biol. Engin. 1973. 11. 431-435.

23. Hellekant, G. and Kasahara, Y. The linguo-chorda tympani reflex - an electrophysiologically undescribed reflex. Acta physiol. scand. 1973. 87. 199-207.

24. Hellekant, G. and Kasahara, Y. Secretory fibres in the trigeminal part of the lingual nerve to the mandibular salivary gland of the rat. Acta physiol. scand. 1973. 89. 198-207.

25. Hellekant, G. and Kasahara, Y. Salivatory fibres in the trigeminal part of the lingual nerve to the mandibular salivary gland of the monkey. Acta physiol. scand. 1973. 89. 208-212.

26. Brouwer, J. N., Hellekant, G., Kasahara, Y., van der Wel, H., and Zotterman, Y. Electrophysiological study of the gustatory effects of the sweet proteins Monellin and Thaumatin in monkey, guinea pig and rat. Acta physiol. scand. 1973. 89. 550-557.

27. Hellekant, G. and Hagstrom, E. C. Efferent chorda tympani activity and salivary secretion in the rat. Acta physiol. scand. 1974. 90. 533-534.

28. Hellekant, G., Hagstrom, E. C., Kasahara, Y. and Zotterman, Y. On the gustatory effects of miraculin and gymnemic acid in monkey. Chem. Sens. Flavor. 1974. 1. 137-145.

29. Hellekant, G. Different types of sweet receptors in mammals. In "Olfaction and Taste V," Academic Press. eds. Denton, D., A., Coghlan, J. P.,  1975. 15-21.

30. Hellekant, G. On the phylogenetic emergency of sour taste. In "Olfaction and Taste V," Eds. Denton, D. A., Coghlan, J. P., Academic Press. New York, San Francisco, London. 1975. 85-87.

31. Hellekant, G. and Gopal, V. Depression of taste responses by local or intravascular administration of salicylates in the rat. Acta physiol. scand. 1975. 95. 286-292.

32. Hellekant, G., Glaser, D., Brouwer, J. N. and van der Wel, H. Gustatory effects of miraculin, monellin and thaumatin in the Saguinus midas tamarin monkey studied with electrophysiological and behavioural techniques. Acta physiol. scand. 1976. 97. 241-250.

33. Hellekant, G. The blood circulation of the tongue. Front. Oral Physiol. ed. Y. Kawamura. S. Publ. Karger. Basel, München, Paris, London, New York, Sidney. 1976. 2. 130-145.

34. Hellekant, G. On the gustatory effects of monellin and thaumatin in dog, hamster, pig and rabbit. Chem. Sens. Flavor. 1976. 2. 97-105.

35. Hellekant, G. On the gustatory effects of gymnemic acid and miraculin in dog, pig and rabbit. Chem. Sens. Flavor. 1976. 2. 85-95.

36. Hellekant, G. and Gopal, V. On the effects of gymnemic acid in the hamster and rat. Acta physiol. scand. 1976. 98. 136-142.

37. Hellekant, G. Fluanison-Fentanyl Anaesthesia in the rat. Scan LAS NYT. 1976. 3 (2). 15-18.

38. Hellekant, G. On the sweet taste receptor. Proceed. 4th Nordic Symposium Sensory Properties of  Food. 1976. 109-110.

39. Hellekant, G. Vasodilator fibres to the tongue in the chorda tympani proper nerve. Acta physiol. scand. 1977. 99. 292-299.

40. Hellekant, G. Effects of Miraculin and Gymnemic acid in the Rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta). In "Food Intake and Chemical Senses". eds. Katsuki, Y., Sato, M., Takagi, S. F., Oomura, Y. 1977. 201-210. University of Tokyo Press.

41. Hellekant, G. Vårt Behov av Sötma och Uppkomstmekanismen för Söt Smak. Svensk Veterinärtidning. 1977. 29 (3). 81-88.

42. Glaser, D. and Hellekant, G. Verhaltens und Elektrophysiologische Experimente über den Geschmackssinn bei Saguinus midas tamarin (Callitrichidae). Folia Primatologica. 1977. 28. 43-51

43. Hellekant, G. Förkärlek för sött och söt smak. Livsmedelsteknik. (Preference for sweet and taste of sweetness).  1977. 9. 436-441.

44. Farbman, A. I. and Hellekant, G. Quantitated Analysis of the Fibre Population in Rat Chorda Tympani Proper Nerves and Fungiform Papillae. Am. J. Anat. 1978. 153. 509-522.

45. Glaser, D., Hellekant, G., Brouwer, J. N. and van der Wel, H. The taste responses in primates to the proteins thaumatin and monellin and their phylogenetic implications. Folia Primatologica. 1978. 29. 56-63.

46. Hellekant, G. Changes of taste responsiveness following interruption of the chorda tympani proper nerve of the rat. Drug Research 1978. 28 (II) 12, 2361-2371.

47. Hellekant, G., Gopal, V. and Ninomiya, Y. Decline and disappearance of taste response after interruption of the rat chorda tympani proper nerve. Acta physiol. scand. 1979. 105. 52-57.

48. Hellekant, G., Aronson, T. and Karlbom, U. Neural (electro- physiological) methods in chemoreception research. J. Anim. Physiol. Anim. Nutrit. 1980. Suppl. 11. 21-26.

49. Hellekant, G. Preference for sweet taste and the taste of sweeteners in animals. J. Anim. Physiol. Anim. Nutrit. 1980. Suppl. 11. 43-52.

50. Hellekant, G. Psychophysiology of sweetness. In "Carbohydrate Sweeteners". eds. Koivistoinen, P. and Hyvönen, L., Academic Press. Londin, New York,Toronto, Sydney and San Francisco.  1980. 77-85.

51. Hellekant, G., Glaser, D., Brouwer, J. and van der Wel, H. Study of behavioural and neurophysiological experiments on the sweet taste in five primates. In "Olfaction and Taste VII", IRL Press Ltd., ed. van der Starre  H., 1980. 183-186.

52. Hellekant, G., Glaser, D., Brouwer, J. and van der Wel, H. Gustatory responses in three prosimian and two simian primate species (Tupaia glis, Nycticebus coucang, Galago senegalensis, Callithrix jacchus jacchus and Saguinus midas niger) to six sweeteners and miraculin and their phylogenetic implications. Chem. Senses. 1981. 6. 165-173.

53. Brouwer, J.N., Glaser, D., Hard af Segerstad, C., Hellekant, G., Ninomiya, Y., and van der Wel, H. The sweetness-inducing effect of miraculin; behavioural and neurophysiological experiments in the rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta). J. Physiol. (Lond). 1983. 337. 221-240.

54. Hellekant, G. and Roberts, T.W. Study of the effect of gymnemic acid on taste in hamster. Chem. Senses. 1983. 8. 195-202.

55. Glaser, D., Hellekant, G., Brouwer, J.N. and van der Wel, H. Effects of gymnemic acid on sweet taste perception in primates. Chem. Senses. 1984. 8 . 367-374.

56. Farbman, A.I., Hellekant, G. and Nelson, A. Structure of taste buds in foliate papillae of the rhesus , Macaca mulatta. Am. J. Anatomy 1985. 172. 41-56.

57. Hellekant, G., Hård af Segerstad, C., Roberts, T., van der Wel, H., Brouwer, J.N., Glaser, D., Hayes, R.J., and Eichberg, J.W. Effects of gymnemic acid on the chorda tympani proper nerve responses to sweet, sour, salty and bitter taste stimuli in chimpanzee. Acta Physiol. Scand. 1985. 124. 339-408.

58. Hellekant, G., van der Wel, H., Brouwer, J.N., Glaser, D., Hard af Segerstad, C., and Roberts, T.   Chorda tympani proper nerve responses to intra-arterial and surface stimulation of the tongue in rhesus monkey and rat.  Chem. Senses. 1986. 11.  557-566.

59. Hellekant, G., A.I., Kasahara, Y., Harada, S., Grassl, M., and Hard af Segerstad, C.  Stability of fungiform  papillae pattern in rats.  Chem.  Senses.  1987.  12.  411-415. 

60. Hellekant, G., Kasahara, Y., Farbman, A.I., Harada, S., and Hard af Segerstad, C., Regeneration ability of fungiform papillae and taste buds in rat.  Chem.  Senses l987.  12.  459-465.

61. Farbman, A.I., Ogden-Ogle, C.K., Hellekant, G., Simmons, S.R., Albrecht, R.M., and van der Wel,  H.  Labeling of sweet taste binding sites using a colloidal gold-labeled sweet protein, thaumatin.   1987.  Scan.  Micr., 1. 351-357.

62. Hellekant, G, Hard af Segerstad, C., Roberts, T.W., and van der Wel, H.,  Intralingual stimulation with sweet proteins in rhesus monkey and rat.  In:  Olfaction and Taste IX, eds. Roper S., and Atema J., Ann. New York Ac. Sc. 1987. 510. 356-358.

63. Hellekant, G, DuBois G., Roberts, T. W., and van der Wel, H., On the gustatory effect of amiloride in the monkey (Macaca mulatta). Chem. Senses. 1988. 13. 89-93.

64. Ninomiya, Y., Hellekant, G., Higashi, T., Lawamura, S., Okamura, T. and Funakoshi, M., Preabsorptive insulin responses to sweet tasting stimuli in the rat.  Jap. J. Oral Biol. 1988, 30. 121-125.

65. Illingworth C., Larson, G., and Hellekant, G. Secretion of the sweet-tasting plant protein thaumatin by Bacillus subtilis. Biotech. Lett. 1988. 10. 587-592.

66. Hellekant, G. and van der Wel, H.  Taste modifiers and sweet proteins.  In Neural Mechanisms of taste.  Ed.  Cagan, R.  1989. 85-96. CRC Press.

67. Van der Wel, H, Larson G., Hellekant, G., Hladik, A., Hladik, C. M., and Glaser, D. Isolation and characterization of Pentadin, the sweet principle of Pentadiplandra brazzeana Baillon.  Chem. Senses. 1989. 14. 75-79.

68. Illingworth C., Larson, G., and Hellekant, G. Secretion of the sweet-tasting plant protein thaumatin by Streptomyces lividans. J. Ind. Microbiol. 1989. 4. 37-42.

69. Hård af Segerstad, C., Hellekant, G., and Farbman, A.I., Changes in number and morphology of fungiform taste buds in rat after transection of the chorda tympani or chorda-lingual nerve. Chem.  Senses. 1989. 14. 335-348.

70. Hård af Segerstad, C., and Hellekant, G., Sweet taste in the calf. I. Chorda tympani proper nerve responses to taste stimulation of the tongue. Physiol.& Behav. 1989. 45. 633-638.

71. Hård af Segerstad, C., and Hellekant, G., Sweet taste in the calf. II. Glossopharyngeal nerve responses to taste stimulation of the tongue. Physiol.& Behav. 1989. 45. 1043-1047.

72. Farbman, A. I., and Hellekant, G.,  Evidence for a novel mechanism of binding and release of stimuli in the primate taste bud. J. Neurosc. 1989. 9. 3522-3528.

73. Hellekant G., DuBois G., Geismann, T., Glaser D., and van der Wel H.,  Taste responses of chorda tympani proper nerve in the white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar). In: Olfaction and Taste X.  ed. K. DövinG. GCS A/S, Oslo. 1990. 115-132.

74. Azen E. A., Hellekant G., Sabatani L. M., and Warner T. F., mRNAs for PRPs, statherin and histatins in von Ebner's gland tissues. J. Dental. Res. 1990. 69. 1724-30.

75. Hellekant, G., Walters, E, Culberson, C.,  DuBois, G., Nofre, C. and Tinti J.M ., Electrophysiological evaluation of sweeteners.  In Sweeteners: Discovery, Molecular design, and Chemoreception,  eds. Walters, E., Orthoefer F.T., and DuBois, G. E.,  ACS Symposium series 450. Am. Chem. Soc., Washington DC. 1991. 290-301.

76. Hellekant, G., Ninomiya Y., On the taste of umami. Physiol.& Behav. 1991. 49. 922-934.

77. Ninomiya Y., Hellekant G., Specific taste sensitivity of single chorda tympani fibers in chimpanzee. Proc. Jpn. Symp. Taste and Smell. 1991. 25. 313-316.

78. Glaser, D., van der Wel, H., Brouwer, J. N., DuBois, G. E., Hellekant, G.,  Gustatory responses in primates to the sweetener aspartame and their phylogenetic implications.  Chem. Senses. 1992. 17. 325-335.

79. Menco, B. Ph. M., Hellekant, G., Ultrastructural evidence for a binding substance to the sweet tasting protein thaumatin inside taste-bud pores of rhesus monkey foliate papillae. Microscop. Res. Tech. 1993. 26. 133-141.

80. Hellekant, G., Walters, D. E., An example of phylogenetic differences in sweet taste: The sweetness of five high-potency sweeteners in rats. In "Sweet Taste chemoreception". eds. Mathlouthi, M., Kanters, J.A.,  Birch, G. G., M., Elsevier Applied Science. London and New York. 1993. 373-386.

81. Hellekant, G., Hladik, C. M., Dennys, V., Simmen, B., Roberts, T. W., and Glaser, D., On the relationship between sweet taste and seasonal body weight changes in a primate (Microcebus murinus).  Chem. Senses. 1993. 18. 27-33.

82. Hellekant, G., C. M. Hladik, V. Dennys, B. Simmen, T. W. Roberts, D. Glaser, G. DuBois, and D. E. Walters, On the sense of taste in two malagasy primates (Microcebus murinus and Elemur mongoz). Chem. Senses. 1993. 18. 307-320.

83. Ninomiya, Y., Hellekant, G., Enhancing effects of saccharin on gustatory responses to D-phenylalanine in monkey single chorda tympani fibers. Brain Res. 1994. 635. 335-338.

84. Hellekant, G., The physiology of thaumatin. In "Thaumatin".  eds. Witty, M. and Higginbotham, J. D.,  CRC Press. Boca Raton, Ann Arbor, London, Tokyo. 1994. 99-113.

85. Hellekant, G,.Hård af Segerstad, C. and Roberts, T. W.,   Sweet taste in the calf. III. Behavioral responses to sweeteners, Physiol.& Behav. 1994. 56. 555-562.

86. Hellekant, G., Ninomiya Y., Umami taste in chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and rhesus monkey (M. mulatta) In Olfaction and Taste XI, eds. Kurihara, K., Suzuki, N., and  Ogawa, H.,  Springer Verlag, Tokyo, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, London, Paris, HongKong, Barcelona, Budapest. 1994. 365-368.

87. Hellekant, G.,  Ninomiya, Y., Bitter taste in single chorda tympani taste fibers from chimpanzee. Physiol.& Behavior. 1994. 56. 1185-1188.

88. Ming, D., and Hellekant, G., Brazzein, a new thermostable high-potency sweet protein from Pentadiplandra brazzeana.  FEBs letter. 1994.  355. 106-108.

89. Ninomiya Y., Hellekant G., Effects of taste modifiers on responses of specific subpopulation of single chorda tympani fibers in chimpanzees and rhesus monkeys. Proc. Jpn. Symp. Taste and Smell. 1994. 28.

90. Hellekant G., and Roberts, T. W.,  Whole nerve and single fiber recordings in non-human primates. In "Experimental Cell Biology of Taste and Smell". eds Spielman, A.L. and Brand, J.G., CRC Press. Boca Raton, New York, London, Tokyo. 1995. 277-290.

91. Ming, D., Markley, J. L.,  Hellekant, G., Quantification of cysteinyl  sulfhydryl residues in peptides and proteins by ESI-MS or MALDI-MS.  Biotechniques.  1995.  18.  808-810.

92.  Montavon, P., Hellekant, G. and Farbman, A. I.,  Immunocytochemical, electrophysiological and electronmicroscopical  study of rat fungiform taste buds after regeneration of chorda tympani through the non-gustatory lingual nerve.  J. comp. Neurol. 1996. 367.  491-502.

93.  Kohmura, M.,  Ota, M.,   Izawa, H.,  Ming, D., Hellekant, G.,  Ariyoshi, Y.,  Assignment of the Disulfide Bonds in the sweet Protein Brazzein.Biopolymers. 1996. 38.  553-556

94.  Ming, D., Hellekant, G., and Zhong, H., Characterization and chemical modification of brazzein, a high potency thermostable sweet protein from Pentadiplandra Brazzeana. Acta Bot. Yunnancia. 1996. 18. 123-133.

95.  Hellekant, G., Ninomiya, Y, DuBois, G, E.  Danilova, V. and Roberts, T.W., Taste in chimpanzee: I: The summated response to sweeteners and the effect of gymnemic acid.  Physiol&Behav.1996. 60. 469-479.

96.  Hellekant, G., and Danilova.  V. Species differences toward sweeteners. Food Chem. 1996. 56. 323-328.

97.  Nagarajan S,. Kellogg, M. S., DuBois, G., and Hellekant, G.  Understanding the mechanism of sweet taste: Synthesis of ultra potent guanidinoacetic acid photoaffinity labeling reagents. J. Med. chem. 1996. 39. 4167-4172.

98.  Hellekant, G., Danilova V., and Ninomiya, Y. Primate Sense of Taste: Behavioral and Single Chorda Tympani and Glossopharyngeal Nerve Fiber Recordings in the Rhesus monkey, Macaca mulatta. J. Neurophysiol. 1997. 77. 978-993.

99.  Hellekant , G., Ninomiya, Y. and Danilova, V., Taste in chimpanzee II: Single chorda tympani fibers. Physiol&Behav. 1997. 61. 829-841

100. Hellekant, G.,  Danilova, V., Roberts, T., Ninomiya Y.,  The Taste of Ethanol in a Primate Model: I. Chorda tympani nerve response in Macaca mulatta  Alcohol. 1997. 14. 473-484.

101.  Hellekant, G., Ninomiya, Y., Danilova, V., Taste in chimpanzees. III: labeled-line coding  in sweet taste. Physiol&Behav. 1998. 65, ( 2), 191-200.

102. Danilova ,V., Hellekant, G., Tinti, J-M., and Nofre, C.,  Gustatory responses of the hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, to various compounds known as sweet to humans. J Neurophysiol. 1998. 80. 2102-2112.

103. Caldwell, J., Abildgaard, F., Ming, D., Hellekant, G., and Markley J., Complete 1H and partial 13C resonance assignments at 37oC and 22 oC for brazzein, an intensely sweet protein. J. Biomol. NMR.. 1998. 11. 1-2.

104.  Caldwell, J., Abildgaard, F., Dzakula Z.,  Ming, D., Hellekant, G., and Markley J.,  Solution structure of brazzein, a sweet-tasting protein with a thermostable fold. Nature Structural Biology. 1998. 5. 427-431.

105. Danilova, V., Hellekant, G, Roberts, R, Tinti ,J.  and M, Nofre, C.,  Behavioral and single chorda tympani taste fiber responses in the common marmoset, Callithrix jacchus jacchus. An. NY Acad. Sci. Olfaction and Taste XII. 1998. 855. 160-164.

106.  Danilova, V., Hellekant, G., and Roberts, T. ,  Responses of Single Taste Fibers and Whole Chorda Tympani and Glossopharyngeal Nerve in the Domestic Pig, Sus scrofa. Chem.Senses. 1999. 24. 301-316.

107.  Gao G. H., Dai J. X., Ding, M.,  Hellekant, G. , Wang, J. F., , Wang D. C., Solution conformation of brazzein by 1H nuclear magnetic resonance: resonance assignment and secondary structure.Int J Biol Macromol 1999 May; 24(4): 351-359.

108. Gao, G. H., Dai J. X., Ding,  M., Hellekant G, Wang, J. F., Wang, D. C. Studies on solution NMR structure of Brazzein - secondary structure and molecular scaffold Science in China, Series C, Life Sciences, 42(4):409-419, 1999 Aug.

109. Hellekant , G., and Danilova, V., Taste in domestic pig, Sus scrofa . J. Anim. Physiol &Animal Nutr.  63.  139-144. 1999.

110. Ninomiya, Y., Nakashima, K., Fukuda, A., Nishino, H., Sugimura, T., Hino, A.. Danilova, V., Hellekant, G. Responses to umami substances in taste bud cells innervated by the chorda tympani and glossopharyngeal nerves.  J.  Nutr.  2000 130.  950S-953S.

111. Danilova,  V.,  and Hellekant, G., The taste of ethanol in a primate model II:  Glossopharyngeal  nerve response in Macaca mulatta. Alcohol.  2000.  21.  259-269.

112.  Hellekant, G., Jin, Z., and Ming, D., Brazzein.  Leatherhead handbook on Sweeteners.  2000.  2.  181-185.

113.  Neira, M., Danilova, V., Hellekant, G., and Azen, E. A.., A new gene (rmSTG) specific for taste buds found by laser capture microdissection. Mamm Genome.  2001.  12.  60-66.

114.  Danilova V., Danilov, Y., Roberts T., Elmer, D., and Hellekant G. Electrophysiological recordings of mammalian taste nerves. In: Methods and frontiers in neuroscience. Simon, S., Nicolelis, M. (Eds).  CRC Press.  Boca Raton, London, New York, Washington DC. 2001. 239-264

115.  Hellekant, G., Coding in peripheral taste nerves of rhesus, Macaca mulatta, chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes and Common Marmoset, Callithrix jachus jachus.  In Neuronal coding of perceptual systems.  Backhaus, W., (Ed).   Vol 9 - Biophysics In Series on Biophysics and Biocybernetics.  World Scientific Publishing Comp.  2001.  9.  287-291.

116.  Danilova , V.,  Hellekant, G., Oral sensation of ethanol in a  primate model III.:  Responses in the lingual branch of the trigeminal nerve of Macaca mulatta. Alcohol.   2002.  26.  3-16.

117.  Danilova, V., Danilov, Y, Roberts, T. Tinti, J-M., Nofre, C.,  and Hellekant, G., The sense of taste in a New World monkey, the common marmoset: recordings from the chorda tympani and glossopharyngeal nerves..  J.  Neurophysiology.  2002.  88.579-594.

118.  He, W., Danilova, V.,Zou, S., Hellekant, G., Max, M., Margolskee, R. F.,

Damak, S. Partial Rescue of Taste Responses of alpha-Gustducin Null Mice by Transgenic Expression of alpha-Transducin. Chem. Senses. 2002, 27, 719-727.

119,  Danilova , V.,  Hellekant, G., Comparison of the responses of the chorda tympani and glossopharyngeal nerves to taste stimuli in C57BL/6J mice. BMC Neuroscience. 2003. 4:5.

120  Jin Z., Danilova V.,  Assadi-Porter F. M., Aceti D. J. , Markley J. L.  and Hellekant G. Critical Regions for the Sweet Taste of Brazzein. FEBs letter. 2003. 544, 33-37.

121.  Jin Z., Danilova V.,  Assadi-Porter F. M., Aceti D. J. , Markley J. L.  and Hellekant G. Moneky electrophysiological and human psychophysical responses to the sweet protein brazzein: Delineating brazzein sweetness. Chem. Senses. 2003. 28. 491-498.

122. Schilling A.,Danilova V., and Hellekant G. Behavioral study in the gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) using compounds considered sweet by humans. Am. J. Prim. 2004. 62. 43-48.

123. Hladik C. M., Pasquet P., Danilova V., Hellekant G. The evolution of taste perception : psychophysics and taste nerves tell the same story in human and non-human primates. Comptes rendus. 2003. 2. 281-287.

124.  Danilova, V. And Hellekant, G., Sense of taste in a New World monkey, the common marmoset. II. Link between behavior and nerve activity. J. Neurophysiology. 2004. 92. 1067-76.

125. Hellekant, G., and Danilova , V., Coding of sweet and bitter taste: lessons from the common marmoset, Callithrix jacchus jacchus. Primatologie. 2004. 6. 47-85.

126. Hellekant, G., and Danilova , V., Brazzein, a small sweet protein: discovery and physiological studies.  Proceedings ISOT 2004, Kyoto Japan.

123. Hladik C. M., Pasquet P., Danilova V., Hellekant G. The evolution of taste perception : psychophysics and taste nerves tell the same story in human and non-human primates. Comptes rendus. 2003. 2. 281-287.

125. Hellekant, G., and Danilova , V., Coding of sweet and bitter taste: lessons from the common marmoset, Callithrix jacchus jacchus.  Primatologie. 2004. 6. 47-85.

126. Hellekant, G., and Danilova , V.  Brazzein, a small sweet protein: discovery and physiological studies.  Olfaction & Taste. 2004,  163-6.

127. Schilling A., Danilova V., and Hellekant, G., Le prosimien, Microcebus murinus, percoit-il les substances sucrees diff’eremment des autre primates? Primatologie. 2004. 6. 87-99.

128. Zhao, Q., Song, J., Jin, Z.,Danilova, V., Hellekant, G., and Markley, J. L. Probing the sweet determinants of brazzein:wild type brazzein and a tasteless variant, brazzein-ins(R18a- I18b), exhibit different pH-dependent NMR chemical shifts. 2005. 335. 256-263.

129. Finger, T. E.,  Danilova, V.  Barrows, B., Bartel D., Vigers, A. J., Stone, L., Hellekant, G., and Kinnamon, S. A. ATP Signaling Is Crucial For Communication From Taste Buds To Gustatory Nerves. Science, 2005, Dec 2. 1495-1498.

130. Danilova, V., Hellekant, G. Elucidating coding of taste qualities with the taste modifier miraculin in the common marmoset. Brain Res. Bull. 2006. 68. 315-321.

131. Danilova, V., Damak, S., Margolskee, R. F., Hellekant, G. Taste response to sweet stimuli in alpha-Gustducin Knockout and Wild Type Mice. Chem. Senses.2006. 31. 573 - 580.

132. Hellekant, G., How regulation hamstrings animal research.  The Scientist, 1-8, 15th February, 2006.

133. Walters, D. E, Hellekant .G.,  Interactions of the Sweet Protein Brazzein with the Sweet Taste Receptor. Journal of  Agricultural and Food Chemistry. In Press. 2006