Joseph Brand

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name = Joseph G. Brand


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fields = Biologist, Geneticist
workplaces = Monell Chemical Senses Center
alma_mater = University of Rochester
doctoral_advisor = Robert Cagan
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doctoral_students = Xia Li
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known_for = Amiloride as a sodium inhibitor, nonfunctioning cat taste receptor
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footnotes = 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. [Citation
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contribution = W. L. Silver
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title = Inhibition by amiloride of chorda tympani responses evoked by monovalent salts.
year = 1985
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publisher = Brain Res
url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3995317
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id = ] 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.

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*Amiloride