1. Effects of Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy on Taste Preferences and Underlying Neural Signaling in an Obese Rat Model of Spinal Cord Injury Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Tang, Tiffany Title: Effects of Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy on Taste Preferences and Underlying Neural Signaling in an Obese Rat Model of Spinal Cord Injury Graduate Program: Biomedical Sciences (MS) Keywords: spinal cord injuryvertical sleeve gastrectomyneural mechanismsobesitytaste preference File: Login to Download Committee Members: Andras Hajnal, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorYuval Silberman, Committee MemberRalph Keil, Program Head/ChairZiaur Rahman, Committee Member