Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

Amount

$287,064.00

Award Date

5/21/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Taste has profound effects on smoking behavior. Most importantly, smokers of flavored cigarette have higher odds for relapse. Gustatory and other visceral sensory information are processed and integrated in the insular cortex. Damaging of insular cortex i