College of Medicine
Wesson Lab
Led by Dan Wesson · Pharmacology and Therapeutics
What we study
The Wesson Lab studies how the brain processes sensory information, like smells, and how this affects behavior. They use experiments with animals, including recording brain activity and testing how odors influence actions.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Mice
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 3
Current projects
Odor encoding in the olfactory tubercle
They study how neurons in the olfactory tubercle process smell information and how this affects behavior.
Role of the olfactory tubercle in motivated behaviors
They investigate how the olfactory tubercle influences goal-directed actions and natural reinforcers.
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Recent papers, explained
- In-dwelling microfluidic device for precise and reliable intranasal drug delivery during freely moving behavior
2026 · Lab Animal
Builds a device to deliver drugs into the nose of freely moving animals.
- Dexterous single sniffs for ethological active olfaction
2026 · Science Advances
Shows mice use precise timing to sniff food while feeding, breaking normal sniffing patterns.
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- Directing negative emotional states through parallel genetically-distinct basolateral amygdala pathways to ventral striatum subregions
2025 · Molecular Psychiatry
Identifies two types of brain cells that influence emotions and behaviors.
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How to reach out
Dan Wesson hasn't set up this page yet. Their UF Scholars profile lists their publications.